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Jerry Day

February 17, 2010 10:29AM

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Russ:

Coldest I have ever felt in my life was at the C&TS first rotary run in 1974. We were doing a night shoot and it was 45 below. I made the trip with Bob Richardson, but he was too smart to stay out there and went back to our motel. I caught a ride with some others after shooting. It was so cold my tripod froze in the open position and I had to take it inside Caboose 0503 to thaw out so I could close it.

Reminded me of stories I heard from Frank Wright and other D&RGW crewmen. Frank said it was so cold in Gunnison that coal trains coming down from Crested Butte were not allowed to stand still longer than 15 minutes as the journals would freeze up and the train could not move. He said if that happened, they would uncouple 4 or 5 cars and drag them until the journals heated up. He said problem with that is by the time you got the last string heated up, the first ones might have refrozen. The crew taking the train on to Sargents had to be ready to go as soon as the Crested Butte crew brought the train into the yard.

Jerry Day

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RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	CharlieMcCandless	February 13, 2010 03:03AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jerry Day	February 13, 2010 08:37AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	El Skonk	February 13, 2010 09:56AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	george pearce	February 13, 2010 10:31AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	ChasM	February 13, 2010 10:39AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	tomc	February 13, 2010 05:34PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	CharlieMcCandless	February 13, 2010 08:10PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jerry Day	February 13, 2010 08:46PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	CharlieMcCandless	February 14, 2010 03:27AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jim McKee	February 13, 2010 10:03PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	John Cole	February 13, 2010 10:27PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jerry Day	February 14, 2010 09:41AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	george pearce	February 14, 2010 01:57PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	CharlieMcCandless	February 14, 2010 02:57PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jerry Day	February 14, 2010 03:13PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, Maybe Later	Jerry Day	February 14, 2010 03:07PM
RGS Train Sheets, from 1916, Maybe now	davegrandt	February 16, 2010 09:09AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, from 1916, Maybe now	CharlieMcCandless	February 17, 2010 05:31AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, from 1916, Maybe now	Jerry Day	February 17, 2010 07:32AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, from 1916, Maybe now	Jerry Day	February 17, 2010 07:38AM
Re: To-Hell-U-Ride is well named ... if you don't like snow!	Russo Loco	February 17, 2010 10:17AM
Re: To-Hell-U-Ride is well named ... if you don't like snow!	Jerry Day	February 17, 2010 10:29AM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, There are other useful forms, and other sources	John E. Bull	February 16, 2010 02:04PM
Re: RGS Train Sheets, There are other useful forms, and other sources	Jeff Taylor	February 16, 2010 11:18PM

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