Jerry474 Wrote:
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> Last winter, Durango and the Animas River area
> received a 25 year record snow fall. The D&S ran
> six snowplow-flanger trains (a record for the
> D&S). So far we have not receive significant
> snowfall, but the forecast for the weekend calls
> for a lot of snow. The D&S has Flanger OF and
> Caboose 0540 ready to go. Number 493 has flanger
> controls installed in the cab, so perhaps before
> the winter is over, we will see a K-37 powered
> flanger train for the first time since the 1960s.
We can hope so. I am sure if it happens we will see some of your wonderful photos of the event.
Does any one know what type of oil 493 will burn?
Recycled waste oil or the traditional fuel oil?