Re: 10-Wheeler on Cumbres Pass
| November 24, 2017 05:59PM |
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drgwk37 Wrote:
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> The T-12's were used for passenger service
> and they'd need help getting up over the 4%.
As true on Cumbres Pass as on Marshall Pass -
Here's Fred Jukes' famous shot of a similar lash-up, and the ORIGINAL "Jukes' Tree" — about half a mile north of the one which bears that name today:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2017 06:00PM by Russo Loco.
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> The T-12's were used for passenger service
> and they'd need help getting up over the 4%.
As true on Cumbres Pass as on Marshall Pass -
Here's Fred Jukes' famous shot of a similar lash-up, and the ORIGINAL "Jukes' Tree" — about half a mile north of the one which bears that name today:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2017 06:00PM by Russo Loco.
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