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That is interesting, Harold. Thank you. Do you model any narrow gauge traction — either the 42" Denver Tramway or the 3' Deadwood Central? It might be fun to do the 42" in S scale using HO gauge track. I did not know much about the 42" gauge tram line, especially its role as a coal hauler. If the Leyden coal was sub-bituminous (not sure it was, but you speculated it might have been softer than the C&S's other sources) and in light of Hol's statement that the C&S preferred harder coal for its engine fuel, which it got from the southern Colorado fields around Trinidad, I wonder if their acquisition of trackage rights to the Leyden mines might have been primarily to tap that coal for freight traffic. Jonathan __._,_.___ Posted by: jonathanharris@earthlink.net __,_._,___ |