Earl Wrote:
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> That is the wreck of D&RG 217 at one of the short
> bridges over Lightener Creek
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> The wreck is well documented in various Rio Grande
> Southern books.
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three sources on wreck of 217 in 1919:
"The Rio Grande Southern Railroad" (Josie Moore Crum, 1961) pg 219, picture on pg 224
"Silver San Juan" (Mallory Hope Ferrell, 1973) pgs 196-197, 3 pics.
"The Rio Grande Southern Story, Vol IX" (Cook/McCoy/Coleman, 2001) pgs 366-367, 3 pics.
hank