Re: K-37 conditions

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> Possibly--but as they do have timetalbes for
> maint. we all know that unexpected things happen
> and when they do they have to have a back up plan.
> I don't really understand why people seem to
> think restoring any of the K-37's seems so far
> fetched. They were the mainstays during the Rio
> Grande days--at the end of operations in 1968
> there were more servicable K-37's on the roster
> than K-36's. If the C&T is going to grow and
> handle more ridership it's a fact they will need
> at least 6-7 operable locomotives in the loop.
> Potentially 5 K-36's, 1 K-27, and 1 or 2 K-37's.
>
> William
> aka drgwk37

That is sort of the plan. Locomotives 463, 484,487, 488,489, 492,and maybe 497, or 483 will be returned to service. Maybe 497 will be restored before 483.


Planned as of end of this year operation rolling stock, 484,487,488,489. Next year hopefully 463 will be done.