Re: Silica Branch Operations

Posted by Mike Trent on May 01, 2019; 11:10pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Silica-Branch-Operations-tp13847p13861.html

The Keystone Branch was actually it's own subdivision for some reason possibly related to the fact that it was originally intended to be the mainline to Leadville.  I don't recall that the Silica Branch was a seperate subdivision. Either way, all activity on the branch would simply have been "Extra" Such as "Extra #69 West to Silica". And a separate Extra #69 East for the return.  This practice would have certainly been the case for every operation over the Branch after abandonment, and before, it probably was simple a switching operation handled by an Eastbound helper running light down from Kenosha.