Re: Is the D&RGW mostly dead?
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 04-08-2020 - 13:05
B Wrote:
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> Yes, for the most part the ex DRGW is dead. The
> Moffat has a daily MDVGJ, 2 BNSF Trackage rights
> trains daily, AMT, perhaps a Coal load or two off
> the Craig Branch and a local or 2 closer to the
> Denver area. The Joint Line south to Pblo see's a
> daily DV-Pbl and some extra moves here and
> there.TP sees a local from Pblo to Portland Co at
> Holcim Cement plus the Rock & Rail trains.Not much
> else in Colo. UP still runs south out of Pblo once
> a week to Walsenburg to interchange with what's
> left with the SLRG out of the San Luis Valley.Pblo
> yard seems to be in the middle of some sort of
> rehab lately. New ties etc being brought in and
> the yard getting a good overhaul.Not sure the why
> in that tho. On the west end, GJ to SLC not sure
> how they do.Coal still comes off the North Fork
> Branch, you get a GJ-SLC run plus the BNSF
> Trackage rights trains and AMT.But at least ya can
> still see something. B
It seems UP kills everything it touches. Definitely not the same UP I grew up with.