Re: 463 at locomotive hoist

guymonmd Wrote:
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> Thanks Earl.
> It makes since that the D&RGW would have a
> locomotive hoist to load NG locos onto SG flat
> cars in the 1950's
> The valley line connection between the Marshall
> Pass route/Monarch branch was severed in 1951.
> NG operations continued out of Salida over the
> Marshall Pass route until 1955 or so, and the
> Monarch branch until it was converted to SG in
> 1956.
> Loading the NG loco's onto flat cars and running
> them around on the SG was the only way to move the
> ng Locos between Salida and Alamosa from 1951 to
> 1956.
> I am sure there was a similar hoist in Salida as
> well.

Salida used a makeshift ramp on several occasions and also made use of the Bucyrus steamcrane stationed there. Whether the crane lifted on or pulled the 278 on is up to you to decide.
John Maxwell photos of loaded K 482 on s.g. flatcar still coupled to a rake of high-side gons are in Trails Among the Columbine 1991/1992 issue pg317.
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