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Douglas vV

April 10, 2004 06:27AM

The D&RGW looked into the mallets and into duplicating the successful K-36's. The one mallet was a K-37 style new frame and SG boiler.
Money eventually caused the D&RGW to go for the K-37 - they could not scrape up the money for new K-36s.
It would have been quite interesting to see a 2-8-8-2 fighting its way up Cumbres or Marshall.
I would guess that an L-53 would haul about 50% more cars up Cumbres than a K-36/K-37 and an L-75 would at least double a K-36/K-37.
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D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng) LINK	John Sporseen	April 09, 2004 02:24PM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	John Hillier	April 09, 2004 03:27PM
drawings here-RGS, C&S, ETWNC, too	Bruce Pryor	April 09, 2004 05:36PM
Re: drawings here-RGS, C&S, ETWNC, too	John Sporseen	April 09, 2004 07:59PM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	Douglas vV	April 09, 2004 06:21PM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	John Sporseen	April 09, 2004 08:00PM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	Douglas vV	April 10, 2004 06:27AM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	Nathan	April 10, 2004 07:21AM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	John Templeton-Chama Station Agent	April 10, 2004 08:48AM
Re: D & RGW Mallet Projects (ng)	Don McGovern	April 10, 2004 03:47PM

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