Re: The best railfan trip ever ...

Dirk Ramsey Wrote:
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> This brings back a lot of good memories. You could
> go to Loveland during the "campaign"and ride a
> wood caboose behind the 90 out to Eaton and back
> for under a couple of bucks. In the summer there
> would be a Rocky Mt. RR Club trip. One of the best
> was C&S 638 to Loveland, a tour of the Great
> Western Going out to Eaton, back to Johnstown, and
> south to Longmont. There the 638 took us back to
> Denver.The only GWR engine that I never saw run
> was the 60. Of course there were all of the mill
> dinkeys during the campaign. Rooso, all GWR steam
> was black, except the dinkeys were kind of grey.

Interesting point about 2-8-0 60. She was more modern than the
others of that wheel arrangement and that included Superheat, but
I have seen but few photos of her in operation there.