September 03, 2015 12:51PM
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Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> In those shots by Ernie at Antonito at least the
> Rio Grande gave them a full tender of coal. I
> wonder how much they went through on those early
> moves?
> The book referred to by Earl is pretty cool.
> When Les Jarrett and I were doing some editing at
> his place back in the olden days, he had a copy
> and I was reading all those days of operations.
> It was quite interesting.
> I should try to find a copy and purchase it for
> posterity.
> Greg
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> PS In that going away shot by Ernie, 483 looks
> just like it did in a movie Ernie shot on that
> last run in 1968.
Greg, I was talking to Terry Ross a few days ago and he said the Rio Grande had the 483 full of coal and water and even had oil soaked rags in the fire box. All that Ben had to do was throw in a match and wait.
That book you referred to is pretty hard to find as it was made to impress the lawmakers of both states to convince them to buy the railroad and most of the 2,000 or so copies were probably tossed. I have only seen 2 on ebay over the years.
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