Re: Riding a 60-car freight on the 2 ft 6 in gauge in Patagonia

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> The line descends about 825 feet in 165 miles, so
> that the average gradient is only 5 ft per mile.
> It is not quite that simple, as there is a
> substantial section of adverse grade about midway.
> The
> 2-10-2s nevertheless hauled 1,900 US ton trains on
> the line, much of their power and efficiency due
> to LD Porta's upgrades (gasifier fire box, Lempor
> exhaust, etc)
>
> Is this your slide, Tom?

No Olaf, not my slide. Sr. Boichetta, the man in charge there, took me out on a motorcar and we met another train and stopped at other places
so that I could expose some film. Nice very friendly industrial town with a fabulous restaurant run by a Scottish lady.
Thank you for all of the specs on the road.

Tom
>
> [attachment 87411 cna8044.jpg]