Re: C&S Cars on the D&RGW at Marshall Pass

Posted by Pat Student on May 28, 2017; 9:52pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Cars-on-the-D-RGW-at-Marshall-Pass-tp7805p8359.html

Were there additional C&S cars interchanged with D&RG. Probably.

However, they likely they were part of the train, No. 326 or an extra, ascending Marshall Pass. As such they would not be recorded like the hill jobs.  There were probably instructions to keep these cars in trains so as to expedite their return to home road so D&RG would not pay extra per diem.   Interchange the cars by midnight and per diem stopped.

The above is speculation, but conversations with colleagues from stations and accounting say it makes sense.  It'll be my explanation when I get the layout running.

Also, why were these cars on the D&RG.  Was it normal interchange traffic, an item was produced on the C&S and sold to a customer on the D&RG,  or were thy part of the compensation to the D&RG for operating the Pitkin Branch; hence the D&RG could use these cars as if they owned them?  The latter is, also, logical from my colleagues.