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drgwk37

December 10, 2010 10:32AM

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Wow that must have quite a ride--good to hear he escaped with limited injuries. In the second pic from 1981 I'm assuming that is smoke coming off the brakes from the hopper cars. Was Monarch the steepest class 1 line in operation while it existed? I can still remember seeing trains on the Monarch branch when I was young but that wasn't very often as we were usually going to the big city (Denver) for a weekend. Growing up in Montrose/Gunnison we didn't get out much when I was a kid.

William
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D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	S.B.A.	December 06, 2010 09:52PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 07, 2010 07:40AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	drgwk37	December 07, 2010 10:18AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	BobHuddleston	December 07, 2010 11:04AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Tomstp	December 07, 2010 11:34AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Dick Bell	December 07, 2010 01:25PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	S.B.A.	December 07, 2010 06:52PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	southparkline1	December 07, 2010 08:02PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Greg Scholl	December 08, 2010 07:25AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	jim pallow	December 08, 2010 08:05AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	tomc	December 08, 2010 09:00AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 08, 2010 09:03AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 08, 2010 08:04AM
Recent Photos	Jason Rose	December 08, 2010 10:20AM
Re: Recent Photos	South Park	December 08, 2010 11:40AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Festus	December 08, 2010 12:28PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Dick Bell	December 08, 2010 12:58PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Tomstp	December 08, 2010 01:57PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 08, 2010 02:13PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	jalbers	December 08, 2010 02:45PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	drgwk37	December 09, 2010 07:46AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jimmy Blouch	December 09, 2010 07:46PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Samart	December 10, 2010 07:28AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 10, 2010 07:50AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 09, 2010 08:43PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	drgwk37	December 10, 2010 07:49AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 10, 2010 08:01AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	drgwk37	December 10, 2010 10:32AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	WilliamDiehl	December 10, 2010 10:51AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	BillD	December 11, 2010 09:32AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 10, 2010 11:28AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Tomstp	December 10, 2010 06:10PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Wade Hall	December 10, 2010 06:48PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Dirk Ramsey	December 11, 2010 12:18AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 11, 2010 09:29AM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Festus	December 21, 2010 01:28PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	drgwk37	December 21, 2010 03:12PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Festus	December 21, 2010 03:57PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Russo Loco	December 21, 2010 06:56PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Jerry Day	December 21, 2010 07:16PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	Russo Loco	December 21, 2010 08:30PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	southparkline1	December 21, 2010 08:47PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	Samart	December 21, 2010 08:56PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	Russo Loco	December 21, 2010 09:18PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	Jerry Day	December 21, 2010 09:10PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	southparkline1	December 21, 2010 09:35PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch Rebuild - LOTSA Luck!!	GeorgeGaskill	December 22, 2010 03:43PM
Re: D&RGW Monarch Branch operations (pre standard gauge)	Festus	December 23, 2010 09:19AM

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