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Dave Peterson

April 27, 2010 05:38PM

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When some of the Chama crew got together with Jim Pearce, Eldon Morgan, and Carl Jack over in Alamosa for dinner around 2001, I remember stories being told that the Conductor would search the ROW area for good candidate Xmas trees on the way over to Chama. Then the train would make a short stop on the way back to Alamosa to obtain the selected tree. One of the guys mentioned that one time the conductor spotted an exceptionally nice specimen and dumped the air to stop the train. The resultant emergency stop ripped a drawbar out of a car and caused a "minor" delay in getting the train back in order...

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Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Greg Scholl	April 27, 2010 03:01PM
Re: Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Roger Hogan	April 27, 2010 03:15PM
Re: Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	John Craft	April 27, 2010 03:49PM
Re: Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Stewart Rhine	April 28, 2010 06:03AM
Re: Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Dave Peterson	April 27, 2010 05:38PM
Earl Would Know....	Mike Trent	April 27, 2010 07:09PM
Re: Earl Would Know....	Earl	April 27, 2010 07:44PM
Re: Earl Would Know....	Larry	April 27, 2010 08:49PM
Re: Earl Would Know....	JS Driver	April 27, 2010 08:58PM
Christmas tree	JS Driver	April 27, 2010 09:44PM
Re: Christmas tree	Sandiapaul	April 28, 2010 05:24AM
Re: Christmas tree	Greg Scholl	April 28, 2010 07:24AM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Russo Loco	April 28, 2010 08:33AM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Jimmy Blouch	April 28, 2010 09:42AM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Russo Loco	April 28, 2010 12:16PM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	WRRRJosh	April 28, 2010 12:20PM
Re: Richard F. Lind where abouts?	John E. Bull	April 28, 2010 09:56AM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	WRRRJosh	April 28, 2010 10:21AM
Re: Christmas Tree - and Santa - on Narrow Gauge Caboose	Russo Loco	April 28, 2010 12:48PM
I FOUND THE CALENDAR PICTURE!!!	Larry	April 28, 2010 08:35AM
Re: I FOUND THE CALENDAR PICTURE!!!	Greg Scholl	April 28, 2010 12:37PM
Another Picture of the same train	Rich Muth	May 02, 2010 08:08AM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	Greg Scholl	May 02, 2010 10:15AM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	CharlieMcCandless	May 02, 2010 10:20AM
Re: Yet Another Picture of the Last Train	Russo Loco	May 02, 2010 02:38PM
Re: Yet Another Picture of the Last Train	Earl	May 02, 2010 10:28PM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	CharlieMcCandless	May 02, 2010 10:16AM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	Woody Woodward	May 02, 2010 11:49PM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	Greg Scholl	May 03, 2010 08:19AM
Re: Another Picture of the same train	drgwk37	May 03, 2010 08:44AM
Re: Christmas Tree on Narrow Gauge Caboose	D&RGW 223	May 03, 2010 07:00AM

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