Re: Triple-Header Hype.

Earl Wrote:
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> Of course there were times [triple heading] was
> done "just for fun" on some railfan charter.

I'm aware of the C&TS running some triple-headers for foamers a few years ago, but haven't heard of any on the D&S.

Mike Wrote:
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> 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 engines on heavy trains,
> but that third locomotive always seemed to be a
> mid-train helper.

That's my understanding as well, at least so far as the narrow gauge is concerned.  IIRC, there were even some four-engine stock trains over Marshall Pass, but the power was distributed throughout the train, not all on the front end.

KevinM Wrote:
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> Since the railroad never operated that way, I
> seriously doubt that any of the major charter
> operators would have any interest. Most of
> their patrons ... me included ... wouldn't be
> interested in operations that are not proto-
> typical.  The folks who might be willing to
> pay for a 3-engine train are more history
> buffs than they are foamers.


I think you have that last sentence backward, Kevin -

We serious railfans,* phraud-o-graphers & history buffs would want operations to be as authentic as possible.  Only a wild-eyed foamer would be interested in something as obviously phony as triple-headed K-36's or K-37's on a narrow-gauge freight.   Here's a photo of a quadruple-headed train on the D&RGW – plus a rear helper – but it's an all-steel passenger train on Soldier Summit after the line was standard-gauged:


- Roosso (Notso?) Loco

*  The term "serious railfan" is probably either a non-sequitur or an oxymoron, but I can never remember which is which . . .