Re: 4960 info for John Craft

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> John, I don't post on T.O. any longer, but did
> read your recent comment there about the town of
> WMS not having any public water supply & the GCR
> having to truck water in for use on the steam
> locomotives.
> I'm sorry, but this is in error. Williams for
> years has had the use of the Santa Fe Dam on the
> South side of town. While it is true that water
> supply in Northern AZ is a problem, the GCR has
> not had to truck water in for their steam
> operation. I say this because I lived there for
> awhile when I worked for them.

Tom, thanks.

When were you there? Right after GCRY ended steam, I was having dinner with someone who had worked for GCRY in the recent past, and he specifically said that there was no municipal water supply, and businesses like hotels have their water trucked in, etc. He also mentioned that GCRY had built a holding tank near the shop, and had been carrying tank cars to the North Rim to water the locomotives. (I have in fact seen the tank cars at the new station near Maswik Lodge.)

Can you elaborate? Is there, in fact, a municipal water system? Any idea why someone would make something like that up?

Does my BS detector need a tune-up?

JAC