Re: Mystery Rotary Snow Plow 012 at Kokomo

Posted by Jerry Day on
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Todd, the problem with tracking down the snow operations on any of the railroads is there is almost no dispatcher books, train register books, or other documentation from those days except the RGS material that Bob Richardson saved. I have had to rely on newspaper accounts and they are a mixed bag, some papers reported the railroad operations in great detail and others ignored the railroads completely.

Rotary 012 was acquired in 1903 and renumbered in 1907, so the photos were taken sometime between those dates. Unfortunately the Colorado History Museum does not have Leadville newspapers for all those years. I know 012 was being used on the narrow gauge as ON had taken a beating and was in the shops a lot during those years. This item shows it in use on Marshall Pass.

Salida Mail
February 21, 1905, Tuesday
Sargents News
Late Tips: D&RG Rotary 012 was here Tuesday morning having been in use on the hill all night.
The yard seems to have a great deal of grief here lately. Monday they burned the crown sheet of engine 213 and Tuesday, during the excitement of rotary and accompanying engines here, the oil car caught fire and burned to the gound.

Jerry Day