Re: Temporary Snow Fix

Jerry Day Wrote:
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> Since Jimmy could not post his latest due to his
> accident, thought I would give a temporary fix.
> This one will also show that there was a lot of
> narrow gauge outside the circle. The flanger
> mentioned was later renumbered OH and was based at
> Durango for use on the Silverton branch.
>
> Leadville
> February 11, 1886
> The snow on the Blue and Eagle branches at Fremont
> pass and Tennessee Pass drifted badly yesterday.
>
> The D&RG received at Leadville on Monday another
> new Flanger, No. 6. It was used yesterday to Red
> Cliff and Kokomo and was a decided success,
> throwing the snow thirty to forty feet from the
> track, when the locomotive pulled the Flanger at a
> speed of twenty miles an hour.
>
> Jerry Day
> the guy with the D&RGW fetish


Wow that must have been a sight at 20 mph! Thanks

William
aka drgwk37