trainrider47 Wrote:
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> Steve,
>
> Unless that happened frequently, I was on that
> trip. We were just rounding the point above the
> upper switchback when the train separated. I was
> in the forward coach and saw the last coach
> starting to drop back. As I recall, the brakeman
> was on the brakewheel so fast the car only rolled
> about 1/2 car length before he tied it down.
>
> Michael Allen
Sounds about right. Barb & I were on the separated coach & ready to bail out, but they got it stopped pretty fast. Just another day on the G&Q. As an aside, I was quite lucky to ride the entire Simambe & Cuenca in 1992. It suffered major washouts & clsed the next year.o