Re: Oil's Well that Ends Well . . .

Tank Smith Wrote:
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> What are the loads behind the 487 westbound?
> Look like power/phone poles.

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Pipe for the oilfields near Farmington, Tank -
>
> See [ngdiscussion.net] for Ernie Robart's
> photos of the first freight of 1968, nick-
> named 'The Mad Dash' by John West . . .

Earl Wrote:
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> Natural Gas Fields . . .   not oil fields.


Don't be too hard on poor ol' Roosso, Earl -    

His ancient brain was probably just remembering what he'd first read on pp. 51 & 52 of Dr. Phil Hastings' superb article "Into the Freezing Darkness" in the the April, 1956 issue of Trains Magazine, and re-read as reproduced on pp. 6-14 of The Friends of the C&TS latest 'Dispatch' a couple of weeks ago:

" . . . Our 1500 tons were all destined for the far side of the San Juan Range . . . . most of this was pipe and other related supplies for the new oil fields of northwestern New Mexico . . . "

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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