Re: Just Some Hype.

Earl Wrote:
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> Exactly....
>
> The only reason we did it was because that 14
> miles of 4% grade and political forces that would
> not let us split the train into two sections. At
> that time there was an "equal service" clause in
> the operating contract. If we ran two trains out
> of Chama, we had to run two trains from Antonito.
>
> Honest....
>
>
> Of course there were times it was done "just for
> fun" on some railfan charter.

And correct me if I'm wrong here Earl, but didn't the DRG&W never run tripleheaders? From what I've gathered from photographic evidence, the DRG&W ran three locomotives on heavy trains, but that third locomotive always seemed to be a mid-train helper.

Mike Wilson
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