Re: Growing Up On The D&RGW

Jim Grigsby Wrote:
=======================================================
> Last Friday evening several of us (SVR crew) were
> setting in the partially restored D&RG outfit car
> at McEwen. (Sorry, I don't recall the number off
> the top of my head.) After dark the temperature
> dropped below freezing, it began to snow, and the
> wind picked up. I was setting in front of a
> window and every now and then an icy blast came
> down my neck. The doors and windows are original,
> and in the daylight you can see light around the
> casings. I presume when folks actually lived in
> these they took steps to cure this. The car stove
> kept the car toasty, but the fire pot did not hold
> more than about an hours woth of fuel.
>
> Coupled with the fact that the overhead is about
> two inches shorter than I am makes me glad I do
> not have to live there.

========================================================

This thinking has been with me ever since I got my first Mineral Belt book in the late 70's - what an incredible life it must have been to live at 10,000+ feet in winter. If you really think it through, it would be TOUGH !