Earl Wrote:
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> From Eldon Morgan's Timebook:
>
> May 28, 1968
> Job. Extra
> Eng 478
> Called in ALA 530am
> Tied up in CHA 335PM
> 10hrs 5min on duty 145miles paid
> Fireman - Jim Shawcroft
>
> Job. Deadhead
> Via Automobile
> Called in CHA 430pm
> Tied up in ALA 630pm
> 2hrs on duty. 106 miles paid.
>
> Eldon would make 2 more trips to Chama, on June
> 4-5 and the last train on August 28-29.
> Fireman - Jim Shawcroft.
Another minor gnit-pick -
IIRC, Gayle Cunningham was Eldon's fireman on the helpers #483 on August 28 and #484 on August 29 in 1968; Jim Shawcroft fired for Lee Otteson on the road engines #484 on the 28th and #498 (her very last trip) on August 29.
Here are Gayle and Jim departing Alamosa on 08/28/68
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Road Foreman of Engines Jim Pearce fills #483's cistern during the water stop at Sublette a few hours later, while Gayle oils around #483 and Lee attends to #484
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Roosso
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2018 01:18PM by Russo Loco.