Re: GLRR continues to operate in October/November/December

Will Gant Wrote:
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> The water line for the water tower is only like 3
> feet underground. And the tower is not heated.
> Plus we do have to plan to maintain the engines.
> There are also some logistocal challenges with the
> consist used for winter, it's a lot easier to just
> run with diesel. 111 can barely haul the winter
> consist, 40 would stand no chance pulling it. Even
> with the changes this year is becomes even more
> complicated. The 50,000 plus people that rode last
> winter season didn't seem to mind.
>
> Would be nice, but isn't very practical right now.
> Maybe in the future we can figure out a way to do
> it.

Hopefully everyone can understand the challenges of operating steam in extreme cold weather.....although I would love to see and photograph it. I'm just a bit surprised that they don't run steam until the fall foliage season in Colorado has fully run its course....which is only another week or two The C&TS seems to pull in some of its biggest crowds in early October. I guess I can understand folks from overseas being disappointed. They probably just assumed that if the D&S and C&TS were still running steam, all other steam operations would be doing likewise.

/Kevin Madore