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Jim Armstrong

April 11, 2012 12:01PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 321

I had the good fortune to ride the G&Q twice, both times with Trains Unlimited--once in 1995 from Guayaquil to Quito and once in 1997, Guayaquil - Alausi - Guayaquil. Both trips included roof rides and also pilot rides. I was riding the pilot down the Devil's Nose on the 1997 trip when the engine derailed just above the top switchback. No big deal--all in a day's work. It's a fascinating railway and I'd love to ride it again sometime . . . behind steam, maybe? I believe that fatalities involving people wandering too close to the track were not unheard of.

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ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	KellsMuseum	April 10, 2012 06:38AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Ron Keagle	April 10, 2012 09:05AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Ron Keagle	April 10, 2012 09:17AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Steve Singer	April 10, 2012 09:29AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Ron Keagle	April 10, 2012 10:59AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	trainrider47	April 10, 2012 11:47AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Ron Keagle	April 10, 2012 12:05PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Steve Singer	April 10, 2012 12:29PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	KellsMuseum	April 10, 2012 01:10PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	george pearce	April 10, 2012 01:34PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	trainrider47	April 10, 2012 03:43PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	trainrider47	April 10, 2012 03:24PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	Ron Keagle	April 10, 2012 07:26PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - Safety Standards are good	KellsMuseum	April 11, 2012 12:25AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - Safety Standards are good	Ron Keagle	April 11, 2012 07:30AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - Safety Standards are good	usmc1401	April 11, 2012 10:13AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - Safety Standards are good	Ron Keagle	April 11, 2012 10:30AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - We do not need brakes!	KellsMuseum	April 11, 2012 10:38AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - They do have air brakes.	trainrider47	April 12, 2012 10:01AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - How two Japanese lost their heads!	Jim Armstrong	April 11, 2012 12:01PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	Fritz Klinke	April 12, 2012 11:04AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS Its the coaches have no brakes!	KellsMuseum	April 14, 2012 11:54PM
Brakes!	Steve Singer	April 15, 2012 07:58AM
Re: Brakes!	trainrider47	April 16, 2012 08:28PM
Re: Brakes!	Steve Singer	April 17, 2012 05:04PM
Re: Brakes!	trainrider47	April 18, 2012 09:47AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	John C	April 17, 2012 05:36PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	usrailtech	May 13, 2013 08:12PM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	M Austin	May 16, 2013 02:44AM
Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD	usrailtech	May 24, 2013 12:41PM

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