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John West

September 26, 2020 06:15PM

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I wasn't there for good reason. It couldn't happen. Being a newly minted MBA working as a cost analyst for the vast imperial Southern Pacific it was clear to me that as much as I loved the line over Cumbres, it was beyond saving. The numbers didn't add up. I ignored the rumors generated by a bunch of wild eyed dreamers.

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First Train to Cumbres (1970)	Tank Smith	September 13, 2020 12:59PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Olaf Rasmussen	September 13, 2020 10:06PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Casey Akin	September 13, 2020 11:13PM
Re: First Train to Osier	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 12:23PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Russo Loco	September 14, 2020 02:59PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 04:26PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 05:43PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Tank Smith	September 15, 2020 06:51AM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Russo Loco	September 15, 2020 04:10PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Osier, Cumbres & Chama	Johnson Barr	February 04, 2023 08:59PM
Re: First C&TS in the Narrows	Tank Smith	September 19, 2020 01:12PM
Re: First C&TS in the Narrows	Russo Loco	September 19, 2020 01:57PM
Re: First C&TS Train -- Lobato	Tank Smith	September 22, 2020 07:03PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Chama -- The Narrows (1970)	Tank Smith	September 22, 2020 07:23PM
Re: First C&TS Train to Chama -- The Narrows (1970)	spieser	September 23, 2020 07:22AM
Re: First C&TS Train to Chama -- The Narrows (1970)	cdaspit	September 23, 2020 09:47AM
Re: First C&TS Train -- Lobato	Russo Loco	September 22, 2020 08:42PM
Re: First C&TS Train -- Lobato	Tank Smith	September 23, 2020 06:56AM
Re: First C&TS in the Narrows	Johnson Barr	February 03, 2023 07:31PM
Re: First C&TS in the Narrows	guymonmd	September 23, 2020 09:58AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, Highway 17 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 23, 2020 01:09PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, Highway 17 pt2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 25, 2020 08:44AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, Highway 17 pt. 2 (1970)	Russo Loco	September 25, 2020 12:17PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, Highway 17 pt. 2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 08:34AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 1 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 08:58AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 09:24AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Samart	September 26, 2020 09:45AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	John Cole	September 26, 2020 10:23AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 02:10PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 02:08PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	John Bush	September 26, 2020 05:00PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 06:01PM
It helps to be crazy	John West	September 26, 2020 06:15PM
Re: It helps to be crazy	Tank Smith	September 27, 2020 07:48AM
Re: It helps to be crazy	randyr	September 27, 2020 09:24AM
Re: It helps to be crazy	John Cole	September 27, 2020 08:49AM
Re: It helps to be crazy	John Cole	September 27, 2020 08:43PM
Re: It helps to be crazy	jcpatten	September 28, 2020 04:55AM
Re: It helps to be crazy	Brian Norden	September 28, 2020 03:42PM
Re: It helps to be crazy	craig	September 27, 2020 02:05PM
Re: It helps to be crazy	Earl	September 27, 2020 04:02PM
Re: It helps to be crazy	randyr	September 28, 2020 08:14AM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	drgw9	February 03, 2023 08:46PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Russo Loco	February 04, 2023 12:48PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 2 (1970)	Kelly Anderson	February 04, 2023 02:26PM
Re: First C&TS train to Chama, pt. 1 (1970)	Russo Loco	September 26, 2020 06:39PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 07:48AM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Earl	September 14, 2020 01:23PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 04:24PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Tank Smith	September 14, 2020 05:24PM
Great pix	John West	September 26, 2020 12:21PM
Re: Great pix	Tank Smith	September 26, 2020 02:00PM
Re: Great pix	Olaf Rasmussen	September 26, 2020 03:37PM
Re: Great pix	Tank Smith	September 27, 2020 07:50AM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Tomstp	February 04, 2023 12:12PM
Re: First Train to Cumbres	Tank Smith	February 04, 2023 01:07PM
Re: Identifying crew & volunteers of first C&TS train	Russo Loco	February 04, 2023 02:03PM
Re: Identifying crew & volunteers of first C&TS train	Tank Smith	February 04, 2023 06:01PM
Re: Cumbres Track Layout before the new Highway and Parking Area	Olaf Rasmussen	September 15, 2020 07:30PM
Re: Cumbres Track Layout before the new Highway and Parking Area	Casey Akin	September 15, 2020 10:23PM
Re: Cumbres Track Layout before the new Highway and Parking Area	Earl	September 15, 2020 10:33PM
Re: The New Highway over Cumbres Pass: 1968 - '72 . . .	Russo Loco	September 16, 2020 01:52AM
Re: The New Highway over Cumbres Pass: 1968 - '72 . . .	Olaf Rasmussen	September 16, 2020 09:28PM
Re: The New Highway over Cumbres Pass: 1968 - '72 . . .	Russo Loco	September 17, 2020 12:11PM
The "proposed" highway 17 tunnel under Cumbres	Brian Shoup	February 05, 2023 01:22PM
Re: The "proposed" highway 17 tunnel under Cumbres	Tank Smith	February 05, 2023 04:16PM

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