Re: ash pit 04-22-09

John Bush Wrote:
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> Roger,
>
> Thanks for posting the photos. I am a little
> saddened to see that the changes made at the
> ashpit make it impossible to spot a drop bottom
> gondola where the ashes could be shoveled in to
> it. It seems to me that the way the entire engine
> servicing facility coaling, sanding, fire
> cleaning, cinder handling, and watering process
> and technology told a valuable part of the story
> of the Rio Grande operation at Chama.
>
> I wonder why paint and lettering are so much more
> important than the process of what went on and how
> it was done in the "old days"of the D&RGW.
>
> John Bush


I really don't know the answer but I do remember at a commission meeting when the ash pit was being discussed safety issues were brought up.