October 18, 2020 08:26AM
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Russo, thanks for posting these fantastic additional photos. I can just imagine what a memorable adventure that must have been. I am not so sure about how much fun it would have been to unload gondolas of ties until 2 am, but I am pretty sure that you were stoked enough just to keep on going.
I have to admit that in October 1970, I was completely unaware of what was happening on the narrow gauge. I wasn't getting any postcards from Ernie and the news didn't travel to far off Washington State. So while you were busy helping to bring the narrow gauge back to life, I was involved in railroad operations that did not have any rescuers and that are long gone. Three weeks before your October 16 trip I rode the cab of Hillcrest Climax 10 the 7 miles from Mesachie Lake to Lake Cowichan, the last run on that line. A few days before your trip I rode the Shasta Limited from Portland to Hambone, California which included 64 miles behind Mc Cloud River RR 2-6-2 No.44, as well as 17 miles in the cab of 44 on the long gone line from McCloud to Shasta. Then 2 weeks after your trip I made another run over long gone trackage from Spokane to Kellogg, Idaho on Union Pacific's mixed train that utilized both UP and Milwaukee trackage (another story that may be worth telling some day, although not narrow gauge). So am glad that you helped the narrow gauge to survive. I wish that that some of the other highly scenic railroads would have survived as well.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2020 09:05AM by Olaf Rasmussen.
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