Wade Hall Wrote:
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> El Coke Wrote:
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> > I am not disagreeing, but still think the C&T
> has
> > more to offer in the "real deal" department
> simply
> > because the trackage,structures,equipment, etc.
> > are basically intact, and the structures alone
> > number well over two dozen. Durango was a
> really
> > fascinating terminal-in the mid-1960s.
> > Now,essentially only the depot is original. I
> like
> > to point out the C&TS looks like the D&RG still
> > runs it.
> >
> > I miss the 470s. I ran all three,but most of my
> > trips were on hard-riding but good-steaming old
> > 478, the last operable member of the class.
> That
> > engine has the longest service on the
> Silverton,
> > with photos of it on the lines as early as
> 1940.
> > That is a really great photo you took at
> Shalona
> > Lake crossing.It looks od-time. Jeff Ellingson
> did
> > an excellent job painting that locomotive, as
> he
> > does with all of the D&SNG equipment.
>
>
> I knew the 476 was essentially retired, barring a
> very major rebuild. What is the status of 473 and
> 478? Are they both now out of service? I've been
> out of touch with the Durango scene for a while.
> I assume 480, 481, 482, and 486 are doing the
> heavy lifting now? Interesting--all engines that
> spent a chunk of the 1950's in Salida.
The K-36 are a favorite in both rairoads, not to big not to small!