Re: Engines Earl ran, places he worked...

Dave Peterson Wrote:
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> Here's my contribution to Earl's locomotives:
> [url=


> ist=PLYMQVcZM-hhjswfHNxeiSEOnjUq23ZKMm]C & TS Cab
> In a Thunderstorm[/url]
>
> Earl was engineer and I was fireman on #487 on
> Aug. 10, 1997. It was raining fairly heavy when we
> left Chama and kept getting heavier. We picked up
> some cars at Lobato and that made it a tonnage
> train, but the weather was a major factor. We ran
> into a huge thunderstorm just above MP 337 and
> ground to a halt. It was raining and hailing so
> hard that you couldn't see the locomotive's
> smokebox....
> Video starts at Lobato and ends at Cumbres with
> lots of excitement in between. This was probably
> the most exciting trip I was on and definitely the
> one where I shoveled the most coal.
>
> BTW- this was the date of my 20th High School
> reunion. Think I picked the better activity for
> the day...

Dave I still think your video documentation of a working cab on a K-36 and K-37 is just priceless. Stayed up too late watching a lot of them. You guys really had a lot of fun.

William
aka drgwk37