Re: Como Roundhouse Addition

Posted by Mike Trent on Aug 18, 2017; 12:49pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Como-Roundhouse-Addition-tp9120p9149.html

Chris, yes, Klinger's date is incorrect, as Sam Speas himself was on the engine when it wrecked on February 21, 1918, he would know, and the accompanying photos and text attest to the date explicitly. Sam said the engine spent several months there before it was recovered.

As you point out, when the last addition was made, it probably included the long addition at the rear to the first stall for the rotary, and track was realigned to make it work, as the original addition did not have a pass through stall adjacent to the stone wall. Check the drawing.

The second stall of the last addition featured a blank wall, which is where I believe the wrecked #67 is in the photo.

The third "stall" in the later addition was where the open pass through is just behind the #67 in the photo. Clearly, there are two rear walls of adjacent stalls beyond that one.  

As always, every picture tells a story. This story here represents, again, just how dangerous railroading can be, both  then, and now.