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CharlieMcCandless

October 07, 2009 06:16PM

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I noticed that the dispatchers were pretty adept at avoiding meets between freight trains. The one at Carracas was unavoidable. I figured that Extra 487 West must have been about 1,300 feet long. How long was the Carracas siding?

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Alamosa October 7 1944	Jimmy Blouch	October 07, 2009 02:07PM
Re: Alamosa October 7 1944	CharlieMcCandless	October 07, 2009 06:16PM
Re: Alamosa October 7 1944	Jimmy Blouch	October 07, 2009 07:08PM
Re: Alamosa October 7 1944	CharlieMcCandless	October 07, 2009 07:44PM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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