Re: A Different View of 484

Herb Kelsey Wrote:
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> In 1967 I couldn't get the folks to make another
> trip over Cumbres even though the 498 and 484 were
> going that way. Nor could I get them to stay out
> in the field further than Dulce chasing the 487.
> So these comments ring true. The great unwashed
> just don't appreciate trains! LOL!
>
> I am very happy that I was able to see what I saw
> back then on the first days of freight ops for
> 1967 - it sustained me for the next three years
> while I did my Navy duty - but it was also the
> last time I went anywhere that trains were running
> with family!
>
> Oh, and I was amused by BrianJ's comments. The
> D&RGW practice looks "odd?" Excuse me but that's
> the prototype!

Haha, so very true! I should of state that makes the 'modern' 484 tender look odd

Yes, family and trains don't particularly mix. Almost lost a sister and a girlfriend when my Dad and I took them Colorado in May. Something about four days of trains straight just didn't jive with them. I was sat down the evening of the fourth day in Durango, camera taken from me, and told that our last day we would be going shopping and sight seeing.

Brian Jansky
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