Earl Wrote:
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> OK. got it. We have an unidentified
> extra east after the Rattler's run
...
>
>
... Wonder why they did that?
That's what I was going to ask YOU, Earl -
Hopefully Rich Braden remembers!!
- El Greengo Curmudgeoño de los Locos Viejos y Verdes
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHaber
p.s. I figured you'd like all those shots of Jim in his Derby - was it one of those that you bought him?
(This question was prompted by an exchange earlier this year)
: Earl Wrote:
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> The pic with 489 on the train shows yours
> truly in the background with the derby hat.
> Stebbins didn't show up in Chama until a-
> bout 1994. I started the Derby thing,
> Stebbins stole my idea.
Russo Loco Confessed:
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> I guess I'll have to plead guilty to stealing
> your Derby Hat idea too, as I bought one
> early in my Fillmore & Western days - circa
> 1991 or '92 - to wear when playing fireman /
> public relations "officer" on Thomas the Tank
> Engine's American Cousin - their little wood-
> burning 0-4-0, Sespe the Saddle Tank.
Then Earl Confessed too:
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> I stole the Derby hat thing from Jim Shawcroft,
> who had one in the early 70's when he worked
> in Chama. I used to get cheap ones from Wool-
> worth's in Durango. When I got mine, I had to
> get one for Jim too.