Re: #60 ~ A Little More.... Tonnage Ratings on the C&S, 1922

Posted by Jim Courtney on Apr 05, 2016; 1:25am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/60-A-Little-More-Tonnage-Ratings-on-the-C-S-tp5040p5058.html

To expand on Mikes information, this is a copy of the last page of the Monday, June 5, 1922 Employees Timetable, South Park Division, No.1 (Effective at 1:01 A.M. Mountain Time):



Reprinted by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1976


The information on the left is pretty much what Mike provided above. Though not in use for 12 years, tonnage ratings for the entire Gunnison Subdivision though Alpine Tunnel to Gunnison are included, excepting the B-4-Fs 74-76 (probably wouldn't have cleared the tunnel portals at Alpine anyway)

At the bottom are engine ratings on the Clear Creek Subdivision. Note that although the timetable lists 2 trains daily in each direction from Forks to Central City, there is no tonnage rating provided for Blackhawk to Central City on the switchbacks.

Note also the tonnage rating for standard gauge engines between Denver and Golden. But no information is provided for the Morrison branch.

Curiously, although the big Brooks engines were never used on the Clear Creek Subdivision (are we sure?), nonetheless, they have been rated on the Clear Creek grades, even around the Georgetown Loop to Silver Plume.

The top right of the page includes the tare weights for passenger cars and empty freight cars, both narrow gauge and standard gauge, all of them for the entire railroad.

Jim