Re: D&SNG Double Header 05/16 => Two Sections ... 
| May 14, 2015 07:19PM |
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We Curmudgeons are mean too, Rich -
Under the circumstances it's just too hard to resist re-posting this. Here's what you'll miss seeing - sort of. Thanks to Jeff Ellingson giving me a heads-up a few years ago, I was able to get to Elbert Creek - "The Little High-Line" - just in time to catch this one - June 21, 2012:
SFAIK, this was the last time two K-28's were double-headed for quite a while. I'm guessing this Saturday's train - if it hadn't been split - would have been two K-36's.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/2017 12:59PM by Russo Loco.
Under the circumstances it's just too hard to resist re-posting this. Here's what you'll miss seeing - sort of. Thanks to Jeff Ellingson giving me a heads-up a few years ago, I was able to get to Elbert Creek - "The Little High-Line" - just in time to catch this one - June 21, 2012:
SFAIK, this was the last time two K-28's were double-headed for quite a while. I'm guessing this Saturday's train - if it hadn't been split - would have been two K-36's.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/2017 12:59PM by Russo Loco.
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