Re: The Passing of D&RGW Engineer Carl Jack
| March 24, 2017 12:02PM |
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Earl Wrote:
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> Jim {Shawcroft} boasted he was on the last freight
> in August of 1968. Carl countered with "well, I was
> the deadhead move running 483 when 473 came
> back to Durango in December, 1968 . . . "
> "OK, Carl, ya got me there . . ."
Here's fireman Jim on #484 pulling out of Alamosa on the last westbound revenue freight - August 28, 1968:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and the 'hospital' train just west of Sublette on Dec. 5, 1968:
Photo by Al Chione, from Tom Gildersleeve collection. © 1968 - All Rights Reserved.
Is that Carl running #483, or was he on #473 westbound the day before he deadheaded #483 back to Alamosa (with one caboose) on Dec. 6?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2017 11:21AM by Russo Loco.
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> Jim {Shawcroft} boasted he was on the last freight
> in August of 1968. Carl countered with "well, I was
> the deadhead move running 483 when 473 came
> back to Durango in December, 1968 . . . "
> "OK, Carl, ya got me there . . ."
Here's fireman Jim on #484 pulling out of Alamosa on the last westbound revenue freight - August 28, 1968:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and the 'hospital' train just west of Sublette on Dec. 5, 1968:
Photo by Al Chione, from Tom Gildersleeve collection. © 1968 - All Rights Reserved.
Is that Carl running #483, or was he on #473 westbound the day before he deadheaded #483 back to Alamosa (with one caboose) on Dec. 6?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2017 11:21AM by Russo Loco.
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