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Fritz Klinke

October 23, 2013 12:45PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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I may be softening, but the Bradshaw years, in retrospect, were a little more about "real" railroading than what we see now. Derelict engines brought back to life, cars purchased out of backyards and pressed back into service, restored in the progress, and a sincere effort to serve the two communities involved, even when only 4 or 5 people rode some of those November trains to Silverton in the snow. I recall the 497's first entrance into town coming up the canyon--what a sight and what a gamble.

Fritz

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More on the Silverton Line	Greg Scholl	October 23, 2013 10:01AM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	drgwk37	October 23, 2013 10:27AM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	MD Ramsey	October 23, 2013 12:29PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	Fritz Klinke	October 23, 2013 12:45PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	drgwk37	October 23, 2013 01:47PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	rehunn	October 23, 2013 01:51PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	Fritz Klinke	October 23, 2013 07:27PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	sunsetlimited	October 23, 2013 11:12PM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	Fritz Klinke	October 24, 2013 10:19AM
Re: More on the Silverton Line	Greg Scholl	October 24, 2013 10:14AM

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