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Mark Valerius

November 08, 2007 12:37PM

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Bob Keller

Posted By: John Houghton
Date: Thursday, 8 November 2007, at 12:13 p.m.

Recently someone asked on this forum about Bob Keller. Sadly, I learned today that Bob passed away during a hernia operation in May 2007. I believe he was living with his daughter in or near Portland, Oregon, at the time. As most of you know, Bob had been a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford, worked for Hewlitt-Packard for a short time, then founded Scenic Railways, the first operator of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. I first met Bob as one of his students at Stanford and later joined him as a founder of Scenic Railways. He was a man of many exceptional skills and talents. He, is in large part, responsible for moving the Cumbres and Toltec from the preservation phase to operational/business phase. We all owe him much gratitude for efforts to save this treasure.

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Bob Keller	Mark Valerius	November 08, 2007 12:37PM
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Re: Bob Keller	Richard Boulware	November 08, 2007 07:16PM
Re: Bob Keller	Mark Yeamans	November 08, 2007 11:27PM
Bob Keller's posts at the Goat	John West	November 13, 2007 11:23AM
Re: Bob Keller's posts at the Goat - C&TS first train to Chama?	Russo Loco	November 14, 2007 09:23PM
Story telling versus history	John West	November 14, 2007 10:11PM
Re: Bob Keller's posts at the Goat - C&TS first train to Chama?	Bill M.	November 14, 2007 10:25PM
Re: Bob Keller's posts at the Goat - C&TS first train to Chama?	Fred T	November 15, 2007 07:48PM
Remembering Bob Keller, my most interesting boss!	El Coke	November 16, 2007 08:39AM
Re: Remembering Bob Keller, my most interesting boss!	Herb Kelsey	November 17, 2007 02:10AM
Re: Remembering Bob Keller; the steps and volunteers ...	Russo Loco	November 17, 2007 06:52PM

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