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

[jpslhedgpeth at aol.com]

IIRC some of the coal was destined to the power plant at Hallam, NE.? The UP is still hauling coal there today, over the former Rock Island line between Fairbury, NE and Hallam.

Pete


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From: Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [RITSlist] CRI&P Coal Trains -- another question



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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