Re: C&S 75 in Leadville . . . but when?

Posted by Chris Walker on Apr 05, 2016; 9:07am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-75-in-Leadville-but-when-tp5051p5064.html


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/43131/rv/singleitem

I hate to nitpick ya, Jim, but not a welded step.  Rather a one piece folded step with the edges turned up to provide a toehold.  
Note that it was a single step, replaced with two, far better in icy conditions, I'd say.


And my take on the sequence of pictures seems to have the Freight stopped on the Main with Men on the 3rd or 4th Coalcars.  Note the Sectionmens motorcar ahead of the Passenger, are they loading something into the Coalcar perhaps.  Then the train pulls ahead and the #75 light Helper pulls up behind.  The Ebay picture shows the Helper waiting of the Freight to get ahead by whatever time interval they had before moving off after it.

As I'm not certain if Bacon was double -ended as Poor lists it as 814ft of Siding, so was the Passenger trapped in between the Sectioncar and the Helper until the Freight cleared?  seems like "no hurry, Murray" sort of a day.