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Bob Foley

October 09, 2012 01:47PM

Registered: 15 years ago
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Our last ride years ago was on the 2nd morning train in the Parlor Car. Half way to Silverton, the patrol speeder disappeared, and I thought oh boy! We were behind 480( memory lapse?), and we found out later it's ashpan aparently was dropping cinders. On the return trip, there were slow orders with considerable smoke everywhere. Off the back platform, I have a picture of a chopper dropping water some 500 yds. ahead of us. Because we had a fire escort, it didn't get ahead of the fire crews.

Bob Foley

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D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	Rader Sidetrack	October 08, 2012 10:27PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	Chris Webster	October 09, 2012 03:27AM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	rod5nz	October 09, 2012 04:01AM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	NGJunkie	October 09, 2012 01:35PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	Bob Foley	October 09, 2012 01:47PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	Jim Grigsby	October 09, 2012 02:47PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango -fire costs	bill ramaley	October 10, 2012 04:43PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango -fire costs	Jim Grigsby	October 11, 2012 03:59PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango -fire costs	Fritz Klinke	October 21, 2012 01:35PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	bill ramaley	October 21, 2012 07:30PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	WilliamDiehl	October 21, 2012 08:42PM
Re: D&S RR blamed for wildfire near Durango	NGJunkie	October 22, 2012 09:54AM

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