Re: Average no. of trains during the oil boom

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CharlieMcCandless

December 05, 2017 10:58AM

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Andy Payne once said he fired a Farmington turn with the 478 and used every bit of coal in the tender. Actually he could have left a couple of scoops in the tender but he wanted to get back at the Durango hostler.
Andy hired out in August of 1957 so this was toward the end of the oil boom.

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Average no. of trains during the oil boom	kcsivils	November 30, 2017 09:50AM
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Re: Average no. of trains during the oil boom	CharlieMcCandless	December 05, 2017 10:58AM

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