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CharlieMcCandless

March 23, 2017 07:27AM

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Most of the time the Chili Line engine ran light to Alamosa and a different one returned the next day. It depended on the dispatcher.
I don't know about the hostler situation in Antonito. There should have been one in Santa Fe as well.
As far as the crews Henry Willis lived in Santa Fe. I believe the others lived in Alamosa. That means they didn't spend much time at home. Arnell died within a year of the Chili Line abandonment. Baskett retired off the San Juan about five years later. Hines was on the last eastbound run of the San Juan in 1951.

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Chili Line operations?	pd3463	March 20, 2017 07:54PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 21, 2017 11:28AM
Re: Chili Line operations?	nickgully	March 21, 2017 03:17PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	pd3463	March 22, 2017 03:58PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 22, 2017 08:13PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 22, 2017 08:24PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	pd3463	March 22, 2017 11:47PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 23, 2017 07:27AM
Re: Chili Line operations?	Earl	March 23, 2017 11:21AM
Re: Chili Line operations?	pd3463	March 24, 2017 11:09AM
Re: Chili Line operations?	Ernie Barney	March 24, 2017 11:30AM
Re: Chili Line operations?	Tomstp	March 25, 2017 05:22PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 25, 2017 09:09PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	Earl	March 25, 2017 09:28PM
Re: Chili Line operations?	CharlieMcCandless	March 26, 2017 02:40AM
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