[RITSlist] CRI&P Coal Trains -- another question

[Jim Eager]

Andy Baldwin VO wrote:
> On the subject of coal trains, would the CRIP have hauled any coal  
> east from
> Denver in the '60s or early '70s?

I know in the late 1970s at least the Rock did indeed haul coal off  
the Grande east from Denver, but not in unit trains that I know of.  
There are a few published photos showing RI trains east of Denver  
with substantial blocks of coal hoppers in the train (Olmsted's Rock  
Island Rails pp. 85-87), and trains on the Grande with blue ROCK 100T  
triple hoppers mixed in with Rio Grande quads (Griffin's Rio Grande  
Railroad p.107). I think this was discussed in the past on this list,  
and some posters even reported the destination on the RI for the coal.

Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>
Toronto, Ontario, Canada



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