hank Wrote:
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> Mark Valerius Wrote:
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> > Wow, had no idea there were this many
> > non-passenger cars on the D&S, at least in 2000
> > and prior years. I don' remember seeing that
> many
> > on my visits before 2000.
>
> My memories of trips on the Silverton after 1970
> (D&RGW and D&S) up into the new century includes
> all the sidings being crammed with freight cars. I
> always wondered why the D&RGW held onto so many
I was under the impression that the D&RGW had planned to move more cars to Alamosa on the last eastbound freight in August 1968, double headed with the 498 & 497. Since there was no engineer for the 497, it was left behind along with several freight cars which the 498 couldn't handle alone.
Regards,
Donald Foster
> after the Chama-Durango line was scrapped. It's
> not like they intended to haul freight ever again
> if they could avoid it.
>
> Hank