et&wnc Wrote:
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> I'm curious, with all the scrap thefts for drug
> money (and I assume it's just a problem near Chama
> as anywhere else) reported around the country over
> the years, has anything been swiped from the open
> area?
> I was there in 2012 and the first thing that
> crossed my mind was how amazing it was that so
> many small and easily-identified parts were just
> lying out in the open. I couldn't imagine some
> train fans hadn't pocketed some smaller items over
> the years...
Mostly, people ask if they can take some coal. I actually keep several boxes of ziplock bags in the carpenter shop, and tell them they can have anything that will fit in the bag. And that they'll thank me for that bag, later.
I've never really seen anything of collector value down in the Swamp, at least that's man-portable. There are no gauges or handles or lights, or anything.
~
Doug Frederick, Chama, New Mexico.
"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
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