Re: Photo of passenger-carrying Open Gon on the D&SNG
| November 15, 2012 04:26PM |
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Well…it look like I was a fireman on one of the locomotives this day. The date is memorable as it was also my one year wedding anniversary. As pointed out, this was a special train (extra) and explains the gondola in the consist. I don’t remember it at the time, as unusual as it was. Then again, I was busy boiling water and keeping my eye on the rail.
Here is a copy of the train orders that I carried with me this day.
Here is a copy of the train orders that I carried with me this day.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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