Re: Fairplay Musuem
| January 15, 2012 10:05PM |
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Paul Luning Wrote:
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> Uncle Bob did have a story about Ev Rohr and
> banana trains. Perhaps Dirk Ramsey can recall it
> for our education and amusement.
OK, here we go. This story is not just Uncle Bob's. A lot of us also heard it first hand.
One winter years ago Cheyenne,Wyo was suffering from a very bad banana famine. Good ol' Everet, a UP engineer of great respect and stature was called upon to run a special relief train of 22 cars of bananas from Omaha to Cheyenne. Mounting his favorite 800 series 4-8-4, he was given a clear track and suspended speed limits for this historic mercy run. Reaching speeds of 113mph. The special ran non-stop across Nebraska, and half of Wyoming, thus saving the residents of Cheyene from a lack of bananas.
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>
> Uncle Bob did have a story about Ev Rohr and
> banana trains. Perhaps Dirk Ramsey can recall it
> for our education and amusement.
OK, here we go. This story is not just Uncle Bob's. A lot of us also heard it first hand.
One winter years ago Cheyenne,Wyo was suffering from a very bad banana famine. Good ol' Everet, a UP engineer of great respect and stature was called upon to run a special relief train of 22 cars of bananas from Omaha to Cheyenne. Mounting his favorite 800 series 4-8-4, he was given a clear track and suspended speed limits for this historic mercy run. Reaching speeds of 113mph. The special ran non-stop across Nebraska, and half of Wyoming, thus saving the residents of Cheyene from a lack of bananas.
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