Re: San Juan and Shavano

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Jim McKee

May 19, 2017 10:36AM

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When the railroad was hauling a lot of lcl on the San Juan in the late 30's, the train was informally referred to as the "rocket freight" as lcl could loaded onto train 15 in Denver and be in Durango in under 24 hours.

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Re: San Juan and Shavano	Earl	May 16, 2017 08:39AM
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Re: San Juan and Shavano	sbruss66	May 30, 2017 10:20AM
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Re: San Juan and Shavano	CharlieMcCandless	May 16, 2017 10:50AM
Re: San Juan and Shavano	John K	May 16, 2017 07:49PM
Re: K-28's on San Juan, Shavano, etc. in 1939 & '40	Russo Loco	May 18, 2017 08:18PM
Re: K-28's on San Juan, Shavano, etc. in 1939 & '40	BrianJ	May 18, 2017 09:09PM
Re: K-28's on San Juan, Shavano, etc. in 1939 & '40	Tomstp	May 19, 2017 10:01AM
Re: San Juan and Shavano	Earl	May 19, 2017 10:08AM
Re: San Juan and Shavano	Jim McKee	May 19, 2017 10:36AM

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