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Nelson Bros Lumber Co.

January 01, 2017 10:41PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Happy New Year all!

Lon Wall
Trainmaster SVRY

PS - Expecting hand brakes to hold on a 4% grade, even with chocks, is the first problem. But not sending someone out ahead only complicates the matter. I assume that the crew on the engine were the same that dropped off the 2 cars? Where was their memory?

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1911 wreck on the SVRy	J.B.Bane	January 01, 2017 12:37PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	SMITTY	January 01, 2017 01:22PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	Nelson Bros Lumber Co.	January 01, 2017 10:41PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	J.B.Bane	January 01, 2017 11:07PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	Chris Walker	January 02, 2017 12:15AM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	karl1459	January 02, 2017 12:14PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	Jim Grigsby	January 02, 2017 04:40PM
Re: 1911 wreck on the SVRy	J.B.Bane	January 02, 2017 06:04PM

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