Re: Two differnt trains???

Jerry Day Wrote:
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> Russo Loco Wrote:
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> > Hi, Kevin -
> >
> > Good point - and sharp eyes!
> >
> > My notes from Tom simply say "Flanger Train,
> > Antonito to Chama to Alamosa, March, 1963."
> > Is it possible that this train cleared the
> siding
> > at Lobato, and then switched the order of the
> > snow-fighting equipment? Rich's photo clearly
> > shows the front of a flanger - NOT the spreader
> -
> >
> > immediately behind #480, and the third one I
> > posted clearly shows the spreader right behind
> > the helper. It's also possible that Tom sent me
> > photos of two different eastbound trains - both
> > with eight tank cars - but he did not indicate
> > this in his notes.
> >
> > - Russ
> Russ:
> I do not have detailed train operations from 63
> from dispatcher books or train registers, but a
> number of flanger/spreader trains were run in 62,
> 63, and 64 using 480 and 483. 483 was equipped
> with a plow pilot, so was always in the lead. Jim
> Barton's father also photographed some of these
> trains and the consist varied. Normally the trains
> would come out of Alamosa with the spreader and
> flanger behind the second engine. At Alamosa, the
> train was switched so that the flanger (usually
> OL) was behind the first engine and Spreader OU
> behind the second. Tom sent me a scan of one of
> his slides showing 480 preparing to couple onto
> the tank cars and it clearly shows the flanger
> behind 480 with the spreader behind the flanger
> followed by the two cabooses.
>
> Jerry Day


- Ditto, - RL

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