Re: Status of 484
| September 21, 2017 07:36PM |
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KevinM Wrote:
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> When I was out there two weeks ago, the pistons
> were out of her and all of her air equipment had
> been removed and put on the 487. My under-
> standing was that she was done for the season.
Thanks, Kevin -
I just hope she'll be in service next year, as it will be the 60th anniversary of her involvement with the very last D&RGW revenue freights over Cumbres Pass.
She was the road engine westbound on August 28, 1968:
. . . and the helper to #498 eastbound on August 29:
- Roosso
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> When I was out there two weeks ago, the pistons
> were out of her and all of her air equipment had
> been removed and put on the 487. My under-
> standing was that she was done for the season.
Thanks, Kevin -
I just hope she'll be in service next year, as it will be the 60th anniversary of her involvement with the very last D&RGW revenue freights over Cumbres Pass.
She was the road engine westbound on August 28, 1968:
. . . and the helper to #498 eastbound on August 29:
- Roosso
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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