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CharlieMcCandless

October 16, 2009 07:12PM

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In Josie Moore Crum's book on the Rio Grande Southern she recounts a saw-by that her husband, conductor John Harvey Crum, did. Two freight trains had to pass at Millwood. To complicate things a passenger train had to run around one freight and meet the second freight. To further complicate things there were cars stored on the siding.
The feat was accomplished in 11 moves on curving track at night with only lantern signals. It would be worth checking out the book just for that.

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Alamosa October 14 1944	Jimmy Blouch	October 14, 2009 12:45PM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	CharlieMcCandless	October 14, 2009 05:54PM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	Jimmy Blouch	October 14, 2009 10:55PM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	hank	October 14, 2009 06:21PM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	tpeterman	October 15, 2009 07:28AM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	John E. Bull	October 15, 2009 09:08AM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	CharlieMcCandless	October 16, 2009 07:12PM
Re: Alamosa October 14 1944	CharlieMcCandless	October 16, 2009 07:19PM

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