Re: C&S Coal Usage on the C&S ng

Posted by Dave Eggleston on May 17, 2024; 1:20am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Coal-Usage-on-the-C-S-ng-tp19675p19687.html

Exactly, Jim. Sorry if the original post caused confusion. And as you note lots of follow-on questions and open ends.

I don't know if there's an answer beyond "sometime between 1911 and 1927" but it would be interesting operationally to know.

In my mind the 1910 Alpine Tunnel closure, Frank Trumbull's departure, the CB&Q acquisition and the 1911 D&RG takeover of Baldwin to Gunnison all provide a neat, if not proven, time point for the C&S to abandon Baldwin coal for company use. But did oddballs like the isolated Buena Vista-Romley operation push other questions on what coal, what cars? As in, did Baldwin coal hauled by the D&RG end up in continued use there? Did C&S cars get hauled from Leadville to BV? Or D&RGW cars over Marshall Pass with Baldwin coal?