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JS Driver

July 20, 2014 09:23PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Let's not forget how we almost lost 473 when a runaway potatoe truck ran into the firemans side of the locomotive, as she was being ready for the days trip. Had the truck hit her just right the engine damage could had resulted in a boiler explosion. Talking with Dan McCall in 1997, he said that 473 had been hit the most by car and truck traffic then any other locomotive they had. I believe she sustained the most damage in the roundhouse fire, but not sure on that.

473 lead my first trip on the Silverton July 1975. Rode on coach 327, along with good old combine 212.

Let's hope DSNG can keep two K28s running. Wouldn't be the same if one wasn't running on the Silverton.

Dan

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473	drgwk37	July 18, 2014 09:37AM
Re: 473	Ted Yarbrough	July 18, 2014 02:44PM
Re: 473	Greg Scholl	July 18, 2014 03:48PM
Re: 473	John West	July 18, 2014 03:53PM
Re: 473	Tomstp	July 18, 2014 03:57PM
Re: 473	Scotthight	July 19, 2014 09:40AM
Re: 473	Ted Yarbrough	July 18, 2014 04:39PM
Re: 473	Earl	July 18, 2014 05:28PM
Re: 473	JS Driver	July 20, 2014 09:23PM
Re: 473	Mike Stillwell	July 21, 2014 11:31AM
Re: 473	JS Driver	July 21, 2014 11:55AM
Re: 473 vs Potato	Chris Walker	July 21, 2014 02:32PM
Re: 473 vs Potato	dougvv	July 22, 2014 05:15AM
Re: 473 vs Potato	John Cole	July 22, 2014 08:57AM
Re: 473 vs Potato	Mike Stillwell	July 22, 2014 01:02PM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	davegrandt	July 18, 2014 07:13PM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	Ted Yarbrough	July 19, 2014 04:50AM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	Greg Scholl	July 19, 2014 06:36AM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	davegrandt	July 19, 2014 09:52AM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	John West	July 19, 2014 10:53AM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	Fred Folk	July 19, 2014 11:49AM
Re: 473 the way the gods intended	drgwk37	July 19, 2014 12:05PM
Re: 473	drgwk37	July 19, 2014 01:59PM
Re: 473	Fred Folk	July 19, 2014 04:20PM
Re: 473	dougvv	July 19, 2014 10:02PM
Re: 473	davegrandt	July 19, 2014 05:28PM
Re: 473	drgwk37	July 19, 2014 06:17PM
Re: 473	davegrandt	July 19, 2014 07:44PM
Myron's caboose	John West	July 19, 2014 09:46PM
Re: 473	Earl	July 19, 2014 08:17AM
Re: 473	San Juan	July 19, 2014 11:17AM
Re:more 473	davegrandt	July 20, 2014 08:41PM
Re: Re:more 473	drgwk37	July 20, 2014 08:57PM
Re: Re:more 473	Sean Jackson	July 22, 2014 09:13AM
Re: Re:more 473	drgwk37	July 22, 2014 10:37AM

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