Re: Durango runaround track post 1968 loop
| February 23, 2015 12:20PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> ... I have been poking through some of my old pix
> and can't figure out how engines could run around
> cars on the east (Chama) end of Durango yard after
> the loop was built in 1968 ...
It's obvious, John -
That's what those big balloons that you mentioned in your other thread were used for ...
Brian and Bruce had it all figured out!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2015 12:22PM by Johnson Barr.
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> ... I have been poking through some of my old pix
> and can't figure out how engines could run around
> cars on the east (Chama) end of Durango yard after
> the loop was built in 1968 ...
It's obvious, John -
That's what those big balloons that you mentioned in your other thread were used for ...
Brian and Bruce had it all figured out!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2015 12:22PM by Johnson Barr.
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