Re: Snow Clearing The C&TS

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> I suspect they won't need to do much, aside from
> the odd drift perhaps back in the canyon around
> Toltec as you mentioned. Good news that little
> snow has to be cleared saving the RR money, but
> bad news for fire season and water supply overall.
> Thanks for the reply.
> Greg


Last year, and I don't know all this to be fact, they lost a traction motor on the 19, bucking across greater Los Pinos, then had to use backhoes to clear Windy Point (which had 8-9 feet of snow at this time last year), and they used the 489 to clear from Chama to the Pass, and busted the plow up pretty good, shearing several mounting bolts.

I don't know if this is just me, or what, or why, but in the 3 years I've been here, I've never seen the 19 go past Cumbres, like it's bad JuJu or something.