Re: Alamosa August 29 1967

Earl Wrote:
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> R Morgan is Robert Morgan, Eldon's cousin.
> There was a another cousin, "Leon" who fired
> for a while.  Bob eventually left the Grande
> because he saw no future there, and went to
> work for the Santa Fe. Eldon told me they
> both ended up earning about the same
> amounts in the end.


That's why I'm confused, Earl -

Because it's pretty clear from John Gruber's article in TRAINS that he met Eldon back in '67, SFAIK while riding on the freights from Alamosa to Chama and return on August 28 & 29, 1967, so I presumed that Eldon was the engineer on those trips.  OTOH, Eldon was a Union Rep, so maybe the D&RGW had him ride along in the caboose with John Gruber to point out all the highlights of the trip and to introduce John to the rest of the crew.

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