Re: D&RG No. 13 Mountaineer Replica

hank Wrote:
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> Earl Wrote:
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> > > As for its pulling power though, the recent
> > > article in the 3rd Quarter 2020 Prospector
> has
> > an
> > > official report written in 1875 that the
> > > Mountaineer could pull 12 loaded freight cars
> > over
> > > Veta Pass whereas the next largest
> locomotives
> > > could only handle eight loaded cars.
>
> > The "cars" referred to above would have been
> much
> > lighter than the cars that are around today,
> > probably half the weight of the current rolling
> > stock.
>
> Also the next largest engine in 1875 would have
> been a Class 35 2-6-0, the 1st Class 40 engines
> weren't delivered until 1876. That would make the
> Mountaineer about as powerful as an (as originally
> delivered) Class 56 or 60 2-8-0.
>
> Hank

Here's an 1880 report comparing it to other locomotives:



Bruce