Re: "Dark" places on the narrow gauge - Falfa Siding

Earl Wrote:
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> The last west bound train in August of 1968
> stalled climbing the hill out of Florida tank.
> They cut the train and took the forward part
> to Falfa and set it out. They then returned to
> remainder of the train and took it up the hill.
> At Falfa, they decided to highball the cars set
> out on the siding and ran on into Durango. No
> trains ever came back to to retrieve the set out
> cars. They remained until scrapped when the
> railroad was torn up.


Hello again -

Ernie Robart's photos of #483 doubling the hill from Florida to Falfa with the last real freight were posted last year at [ngdiscussion.net] et seq.

- Roosso