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Posted 05 December 2022 - 08:04 PM

It's March 4, 1937, K-27 #459 and K-28 #476 departs Durango at 9 AM with 7 loads 6 empties, and a flanger.

Crew: Conductor Smith, and Engineers Katschthaler and Thatcher

Consist:

Loads: 3 coal, 1 merchandise, 1 company load, a combine and a coach.

Empties: 5 box and a caboose.

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The train stops at Trimble...

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... and at Hermosa.

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Posted 06 December 2022 - 08:22 PM

The train climbs Hermosa Hill...

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... makes a stop at Rockwood...

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... and traverses the High Line.

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Posted 07 December 2022 - 07:52 PM

The train rolls across the High Bridge...

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... stops at Tacoma...

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... makes a stop at Cascade Tank...

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... and rolls across the bridge at Tefft.

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Posted 08 December 2022 - 07:49 PM

As the train climbs the hill...

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... it stops at the tank at Needleton before getting underway.

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Posted 09 December 2022 - 10:21 AM

The train rolls over the bridge at Elk Park...

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... and pulls into Siverton at 12:45 PM with 7 loads, 6 empties.

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Posted 09 December 2022 - 07:56 PM

After 4 hours 25 minutes switching and flanging, the train departs Silverton at 5:10 PM with 20 loads ore, a combine, a coach, a flanger, and a caboose.

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Soon, the train rolls over the bridge at Elk Park.

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Posted 10 December 2022 - 10:33 AM

As the train rolls downhill...

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... it stops for water at the Needleton Tank...

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... rolls over the bridge at Tefft...

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... and makes a stop at Tacoma.

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Posted 10 December 2022 - 01:44 PM

The train rolls over the High Bridge...

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... and traverses the High Line.

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Posted 10 December 2022 - 04:20 PM

The train stops at Rockwood...

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... rolls down Hermosa Hill...

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... and stops at Hermosa.

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Posted 10 December 2022 - 07:50 PM

The train makes a stop at Trimble.

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At Home Ranch, the crew works on RG 3622 (re-brass).

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The train rolls over 15th street bridge...

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... and pulls up to the Durango depot at 9:05 PM with 22 loads, 1 empty, and a flanger.

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