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December 13, 2014 12:55PM
Now really I am not sure on the details here, Greg, for sure, and I heard this story from my eastern Friend and he had heard it from someone else. But during a work session(whether it was a FOTCTS or part of the last days of the D&RGW I do not know) a speeder had run out of fuel at just beyond where Lava Siding use to be, so rather than wait for help they stuck her in neutral and pushed it to the edge of the hill(Gravity Hill). They just wanted to get as close as they could to Antonito so they didn't have to walk as far into town to get petro. So without using too much extra friction(Brake) they let the speeder go as fast as they would dare. What I was told was that the speeder stopped just a little further on beyond Furgeson Trestle going north and then they got off and were pushing it into town the rest of the way, luckly a local farmer saw them pushing and pulled over to give them some spare fuel that he had in the back of his truck. That was the story I heard of how it got named but whether it is true to detail I don't know. I was hopping someone would chime in an tell it how they heard it.

Like I said,

Still a Student,

Dave
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