tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post3705551119816461864..comments2024-01-11T20:18:01.996-07:00Comments on Colorado Railroads: D&RGW 3600 LocomotivesStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707188504449041953noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-32072959210185013542020-06-25T09:58:37.867-06:002020-06-25T09:58:37.867-06:00Were these engines Compound Mallets, or simple?Were these engines Compound Mallets, or simple?Xenolythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573497970262886570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-39469026293402424522015-11-11T23:40:49.490-07:002015-11-11T23:40:49.490-07:00Frank, that sounds like one happy memory! I can re...Frank, that sounds like one happy memory! I can remember my own bath and my kids baths after runs on the Durango & Silverton 30+ years apart! So hard to let go of that smell!Steve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-9919474966452565242015-11-05T11:08:39.857-07:002015-11-05T11:08:39.857-07:00The summer I turned eight (1952) my father was for...The summer I turned eight (1952) my father was foreman of a work gang and our house car was parked at Tabernash. I spent the summer crawling all over the 3600's and was especially enthralled by the small cabin on the coal tender. Then one day I got a ride in the cab up to West Portal and back. Got to blow the whistle at each crossing!<br /><br />Back in Tabernash my mother immediately made me take a bath.Frank Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-9142227080037165572015-09-17T16:30:58.876-06:002015-09-17T16:30:58.876-06:00I'm glad I came back and looked at the final a...I'm glad I came back and looked at the final article - very well done, and those are some really nice photos!Dean Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-24226482282867343402015-09-16T08:30:22.612-06:002015-09-16T08:30:22.612-06:00Great and correct reply. Thank you Mr. Reynolds fo...Great and correct reply. Thank you Mr. Reynolds for your correction. Dave, Steve and I read and reread the article before it was published and we still missed it.<br /><br />Best,<br />John H<br />johnhill10@comcast.netJohn Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-37541000515649082322015-09-10T04:50:16.783-06:002015-09-10T04:50:16.783-06:00Hey Dave, Steve & John,
Thanks for your sight...Hey Dave, Steve & John, <br />Thanks for your sight and article about the 3600's. As a Boulder and Nederland native now living in Germany I miss the "Moffat Road". Growing up in Nederland on cold nights with the right conditions you could here the SD-40 T-2s climbing up to Moffat Tunnel way over in Nederland. <br /><br />Any way my honary Grandfather Ralph MacAllister built a 12ton "model" of 3620 in Boulder as one man's tribute to the 3600's. All the pictures that I have been able to collect are on my website, take a look. The 3620 still exists somewhere back east but will probably never run due to the less common track gauge of 14 7/8ths gauge. Enjoy Thor <br />http://www.thorsteamworld.com/photos/pv.asp?pid=225Thor Windbergshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141078563858973359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-52631640188531034842015-07-29T10:34:18.481-06:002015-07-29T10:34:18.481-06:00Mr. Reynolds, Thank you for commenting! You're...Mr. Reynolds, Thank you for commenting! You're the reason this site here, and I greatly appreciate your feedback on both the article and the site! Your thoughts are well-put, and I agree with your assessment. By supplying both, I was trying to be helpful for folks looking for information using the unofficial name. But it absolutely is Rollins Pass. <br /><br />By the way, please watch for the new version of the article coming soon! <br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />SteveSteve Walden, editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349868397291849869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638496.post-3473650165820431512015-07-28T13:48:01.923-06:002015-07-28T13:48:01.923-06:00I greatly enjoy the article about the 3600's, ...I greatly enjoy the article about the 3600's, they are among my favorite Rio Grande locomotives! And I enjoyed all the reminisces about the Moffat Road and "the Hill" - the Moffat is my favorite RR! Just one little peeve: in the editor's note, he implies "Corona Pass" is the former name for Rollins Pass. As an "East Sloper" (from Boulder), we always called it Rollins Pass. And since it was Rollins Pass before the DNW&P built over the pass and named the station at the summit "Corona", I think Rollins Pass is the older of the names. As with Rollinsville, the pass was named for John Q. A. Rollins back in the late 1800's. Before that, it was called "Boulder Pass", according to local sources. I could be wrong, but that is what I remember from growing up in the area.<br />By the way, I greatly enjoy this website, so please don't take this too harshly - I'm just a grouchy old timer.Dean Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.com