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[quote user="Railway Man"][quote user="TrainManTy"]Most of the line could be upgraded to standard-gauge without a lot of realignment and noticeable reconstruction, but the steepest sections of the canyon would have to be blasted away and realigned [/quote] How do you know that? [/quote] I don't have a degree in railroad engineering or know exactly what the degrees of those curves are, but from what I've seen, many of the sharpest curves couldn't handle anything bigger than a unit the length of a GP40 pulling, say, 50-foot long cars. Obviously ore cars are short enough to handle those curves, but I can't imagine an SD70, AC44, or GEVO could take those curves.I would guess there's a reason the locomotives are relatively short, beyond weight and traffic requirements. The older 6-axle Alcos were build when the WP&Y still hauled freight, even triple-heading them to handle trains. They may be 6-axle units, but their wheelbase is more like an RSD than a Century unit... I don't think it would take much blasting or grinding of the cliff faces to even out the curves, but freshly blasted rock is very noticeable, even to an uneducated tourist.  Just my [2c]
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