Re: Como Roundhouse Addition

Posted by Mike Trent on Aug 19, 2017; 11:20am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Como-Roundhouse-Addition-tp9120p9162.html

Hi Jim,

I don't think the B-4-F class was generally assigned to the West End (before abandonment in '37) but it doesn't matter, because inbound freight Extras from both Denver and Leadville arrived the same days in Como anyway.  Anywhere from six to 8 locomotives plus the emergency passenger engine would have overnighted in Como on "train days".

There were only four of the stalls in the stone roundhouse available anyway, as there was no track in one, and the emergency passenger engine would have been in another.

The stall adjacent to the rotary
stall would probably have been a good place to do minor adjustments and repairs on the bigger engines, but the B-4-F class could have fit through the doors of the stone roundhouse. Length would have been an issue, especially with a snowplow. But it's pretty clear that leaving the doors open would not have been much of a concern.

So East End, West End isn't really an issue as none of the big engines were ever based in Como, but it was always a destination.

With #537 as a 4th heavy engine, any two of the four would have been just as likely to be paired out of Leadville or Denver at any time.