Earl Wrote:
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>
> I think I am to blame for white spots on the
> wheels - at least in Chama.
> One evening we had "movie night" at my house in
> Chama and I dug out my Richard Jackson 8mm movies
> of the Shavano and other subjects. We noticed the
> Shavano had short white stripes on the wheels of
> the passenger cars so they could be observed as to
> whether they were sliding or not. We thought
> "what a great idea" ! So we found some white
> spray paint and put some white splotches on the
> wheels.
>
> The rest is history.
>
We did the same on the Georgetown Loop, and worked well, especially coming down the curve on the High Fill ......
Never saw any on the White Pass. Don't know about showing cracks better.
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner