Re: Operational Denver and Rio Grande

Jonathan Lewis Wrote:
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> So were 486 & 487 sent back to Alamosa via the
> Poncha Pass or had that been abandoned by that
> time?

The Valley line was pulled up in February 1951. Anything that was sent to Alamosa from Salida after that was loaded on a std. Ga. flat and sent around via Pueblo.

> Am I right in thinking that all the other Ks
> up there were kept at Salida for the Monarch
> branch before being sent back to Alamosa via the
> Standard Gauge?

Yep. they all went to Alamosa in '56. 481 in March, 483 in July,
480, 482 & 489 in September. IIRC 489 was the last engine to operate out of Salida, pulling a 'sled" to knock the narrow ga track loose from the grade prepratory to std. gauging.

> Out of interest did a K-27 every visit Gunnison
> after the Black Canyon line was abandoned?

Not to my knowledge. 456 was hauled west early in '49 and was the last mudhen ever seen at Gunny,

hank