KevinM Wrote:
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> Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> > The one thing that has never been done in the
> C&TS
> > era is a pure Rio Grande Rotary run. We had
> Rio
> > Grande lettered engines in 1993, but every run
> had
> > the Rotary as C&TS. Today such a charter would
> be
> > an obscene price I suspect.
> > Greg
>
> I think the only way it could be done is on the
> east side, where the grade is more shallow and the
> rotary could possibly be pushed by a single K-36.
> It would still cost as much as a 2-engine train
> (figure $20,000 per day as a starting point), so
> it would be very expensive, but not nearly as
> expensive as the 2020 trip, which had lots of
> other complications and logistical challenges.
>
> Of course, the problem with any rotary event is
> how much snow would be on the ground and where.
>
>
> /Kevin Madore
The rotary runs to clear the railroad in 1993, 1995, and 1997 all featured 3 engines powering the rotary up the grade from Chama. This was the best show simply because that's where most of the snow was. It's 50 miles from Antonito to Cumbres, so that's a lot of railroad to cover in one day plowing.
Greg