Earl Wrote:
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> If IPH had been successful is it's attempt to
> lease the C&TS. We proposed to rebuild the
> NG west of Chama as far as La Boca then build
> new RR over the ridge and down to the Animas
> River where we would have had "South Carbon
> Junction". One line would have gone down the
>
existing {former} branch to Farmington, the
> other line would have been new construction
> over the hill to the La Plata River so serve the
> coal mines in the area (which REALLY do want
> rail service).
>
> Of course we would have has to get all the 490's
> running (and re-create #490 and #496 as modern
> super-power K-37's) and buy all the remaining EBT
> hoppers in Mt. Union to make this happen. A daily
> event would have been four 490's tripling a 60-car
> coal drag up Cumbres.
>
> Ah
.... what could have been
Clearly, Earl -
Russo has been a bad influence on you! I hereby recommend that his passport be revoked -
or at least his visa allowing him to enter Texas - and that you begin to rebuild your reputation
by no longer joining him and Ed Stabler at songfests.
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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