Tank Car Haulage in the last year of GRAMPS ng rail shipments

The recent discussions about GRAMPS oil traffic from Chama to Alamosa had me looking at photos (mine and Frank Barry's) that included trains with loaded tank cars, starting on September 4, 1963. Starting to chase trains this late in the GRAMPS era, I never encountered an 11-tank car Cumbres turn, but which doesn't mean they didn't still operate. What I did see, were very uneven numbers of tank cars in Cumbres turns and in trains running east from Cumbres.

Tank Cars in Cumbres Turns with other cars (not full trains to Alamosa)

September 4, 1963,,,,,,8
December 12, 1964.....6
January 3....................4
March 2.......................2
March 14.....................6
June 5.........................5

Trains departing Cumbres for Alamosa

January (?), 1964.......17
January 29.................11
February 1...................2

It appears that tank cars were added to trains as they were loaded and billed out

492 and 487 on June 5, 1964





Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2023 09:49PM by Olaf Rasmussen.