12-27-2009, 09:43 PM
Here are a few exceptions:
The CB&Q continued steam operation on the Leadville line until 1962...power was 2-8-0s #541 and #538. Diesels weren't thought to be capable of operating at the extreme altitude over Fremont Pass...but they worked it out.
D&RGW NG 2-8-2s continued to share the three rails between Alamosa and Antonito with SG devils...oops...I mean diesels until 1968.
UP 844 is famous for her extended life.
CB&Q #4960 operated until 1966, but she was a sort of "Burlington Steam Program" after 1958.
The standard gauge Great Western Railway of Colorado operated with steam well into the 1960s.
The DM&IR operated 0-10-2s, 2-10-2s, and 2-8-8-4s until 1963.
The Duluth & Northeastern operated steam into the 1960s...I can't recall when...early-to-mid IIRC.
There are others, but I'd urge a date closer to 1956...with 1960 as a drop dead as has been wisely suggested. Still, you can push it into the 1960s if you really want to do so.
The CB&Q continued steam operation on the Leadville line until 1962...power was 2-8-0s #541 and #538. Diesels weren't thought to be capable of operating at the extreme altitude over Fremont Pass...but they worked it out.
D&RGW NG 2-8-2s continued to share the three rails between Alamosa and Antonito with SG devils...oops...I mean diesels until 1968.
UP 844 is famous for her extended life.
CB&Q #4960 operated until 1966, but she was a sort of "Burlington Steam Program" after 1958.
The standard gauge Great Western Railway of Colorado operated with steam well into the 1960s.
The DM&IR operated 0-10-2s, 2-10-2s, and 2-8-8-4s until 1963.
The Duluth & Northeastern operated steam into the 1960s...I can't recall when...early-to-mid IIRC.
There are others, but I'd urge a date closer to 1956...with 1960 as a drop dead as has been wisely suggested. Still, you can push it into the 1960s if you really want to do so.
Michael
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My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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