Re: Farmington Branch Standard Gauge Equipment

In August 1965 the New Mexico Railroader newsletter published a history of the standard gauge operations on the Farmington Branch, Volume 7, Number 8. Article was titled “A Broad Gauge Tail on a Narrow Gauge Dog.” Was written by Erl M. Ellis. My copy was a gift from Ernie Robart.
Following is extracted from the article. The article listed the numbers of all the cars but I do not have time to type them all.

Standard Gauge Engines Used on the Farmington Branch
510, 514, 519, 521, 524, 525 all Class T-18 4-6-0s. All were scrapped between 1920 and 1924
One Class C-28 2-8-0 number 584 was used. It was scrapped in 1929

Rolling Stock
19 box cars in the 11000 series
10 stock cars in the various series
10 flat cars
1 coal car
1 refrigerator car
Caboose 0853
Combination Passenger Car 550

The article does not mention it, but the D&RG kept a standard gauge flanger at Durango.
This newspaper item is from February 7, 1916
Red Apple Situation
The standard gauge flanger gigged out in the local round house went into service yesterday afternoon about 1 o’clock. Before night, 7 miles of the Red Apple line was opened. Today the entire distance was cleared.