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James C Patten

October 11, 2001 09:41AM

As we all know the Farmington oil rush was a contributing factor in keeping the narrow gauge alive in the '50s and '60s. I've seen lots of video of the pipe trains snaking along the Rockies on their way to Chama and Durango.
Does anyone have any information on how the pipe was unloaded once it got to Farmington, especially on the trains with the idler flats? Did they shove the cars on a siding and take it off from the side, or did they place them on a stub and pull them off from the end?

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D&RGW pipe trains	James C Patten	October 11, 2001 09:41AM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	John Templeton	October 11, 2001 10:09AM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	Al Stevenson	October 11, 2001 02:23PM
Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	DvV	October 11, 2001 04:22PM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	Grant Houston	October 13, 2001 11:28AM
More than that...	Kevin Cook	October 15, 2001 05:08PM
Re: More than that...	Brian Norden	October 15, 2001 08:55PM
Re: More than that...	Frank Martindell	October 16, 2001 11:05AM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	John Hammond	October 15, 2001 11:44PM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	Grant Houston	October 16, 2001 07:17PM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	Frank Martindell	October 16, 2001 11:01AM
Pipe train	Greg Scholl	October 16, 2001 12:41PM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	DvV	October 16, 2001 05:06PM
Pipe Diameters	K Brand	October 17, 2001 09:55AM
Re: Pipe Diameters	chris callaway	October 18, 2001 09:34PM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	chris callaway	October 17, 2001 09:59AM
Re: Recreating D&RGW pipe trains	Frank Martindell	October 17, 2001 07:59PM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	dave grandt	October 11, 2001 07:49PM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	Frank Martindell	October 12, 2001 11:22AM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	Don Sharer	October 11, 2001 11:40PM
Re: D&RGW pipe trains	frank Martindell	October 18, 2001 09:20AM
pipe trains	DvV	October 18, 2001 03:54PM

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