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Brian Norden

July 08, 2019 11:36AM

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A post in another thread has caused me to ask these questions:

1. When did the "dog houses" -- head end brakeman shelters on the tenders -- first appear on the Rio Grande?

2. What was the reason for these being added? Was because of an agreement with the brakeman's union?

Brian Norden

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"Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Brian Norden	July 08, 2019 11:36AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Kelly Anderson	July 08, 2019 12:21PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	risrwy	July 08, 2019 02:52PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Earl	July 08, 2019 03:30PM
Dog Houses - how effective?	kcsivils	July 08, 2019 03:52PM
Re: Dog Houses - how effective?	drgwk37	July 08, 2019 04:03PM
Re: Dog Houses - how effective?	MD Ramsey	July 10, 2019 07:31AM
Re: Dog Houses - how effective?	Earl	July 10, 2019 02:21PM
Re: Dog Houses - how effective?	Rob483	July 10, 2019 08:25PM
Re: Dog Houses - how effective?	Tomstp	July 11, 2019 09:30AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	TonyK375	July 08, 2019 08:47PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	bcp	July 08, 2019 10:03PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Kelly Anderson	July 09, 2019 01:26PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Greg Scholl	July 09, 2019 02:25PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Chris Walker	July 09, 2019 03:15PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Olaf Rasmussen	July 08, 2019 07:01PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Greg Scholl	July 08, 2019 09:05PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Jeff Taylor	July 09, 2019 12:26AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Tomstp	July 09, 2019 07:47PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Casey Akin	July 13, 2019 12:48AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Franklin Adams	July 11, 2019 06:49AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Tomstp	July 11, 2019 09:32AM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	Earl	July 11, 2019 12:16PM
Re: "Dog Houses"? when? and why?	MD Ramsey	July 11, 2019 02:14PM
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