Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-10-23 | Page 2 | Railroad Makes Improvements

I RAilROAD MAKES I D. D R. R G G. W. W Realigns Tra Tracks and P Purchases New Equipment Completion of oC the improvement p program now being carried In on by bythe by bythe bythe the Denver Rio Hio Grande Western railroad which involves the expenditure pend e-pend- expend expend- iture of in three years win will be made before January 1 I 1 28 according to information re rec received received re- re c Saturday from froh the head of offices ot- ot flees at Denver Cola Colo The program consists of oC realignment realignment realign realign- ment meat of ot reduction of cut installation of automatic signals six sig titus nals and anti the purchase of oC equipment i including locomotives and cars Expenditures Ex Ex- Ex- Ex are lun running ing- ing at the rats rate of oC approximately monthly During this ye year 1 it Is said the total amount of monc money put into improvements im im- pro will vill aggregate About men have been employed ed on the work It is estimated that the cost cost- Of t reducing curves and changing aUgment alignment align aUg- ment will approximate te When this work worl is completed there will be no curves over 6 C degrees inthe in the the- mils s between cen J arkdale and Ten Tennessee essee pass ass The changes will result in a maximum curvature of G C degrees between Minturn and Eagle Colo Cob and 4 degrees between Mack Macit Cob Colo and Westwater Utah One hundred and two miles miles' cf d automatic signals out of a total jf Jt 1 13 miles planned have been heen in installed installed in- in stalled and arc are in operation between Minturn and Palisade Colo Cob it is announced From January 1 I 1927 1921 to December 31 n this year there will wiil have be been n laid a a. total of miles of 90 pound 90 and pound rail ail on n the main mai line and two sixty mil S miJ-'S of slag ballasting and anil twenty-eight twenty miles of gravel grave ballasting will be completed by November 30 New equipment added to the railroads railroads rail roads road's present equipment ent includes ten new mallat locomotives ton t new standard cabooses caboose four Cour new steer steel dining cars and O new ton 50 automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile cars I