Re: Labor Day 1971 on the narrow gauge
| January 02, 2018 02:56PM |
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Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> On Labor Day we were back out there again,
> and caught 483 in service without the lettering
> on the tender. A "Stealth" engine, it seems!.
> Check out the VW camper in the background!
You mean the red & cream VW camper, Greg -
With the aftermarket air scoops and the 18-wheeler rear-view mirrors? That's MY car!! Or at least it was at the time. I was traveling with Hall brothers #5 & #7 (see [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net]). We made it in to Osier and camped there a couple of nights over Labor Day weekend:
That was back in the Olden Days, before Roger & Barbara bought THE (Shamrock) HOTEL & SHOPS. IIRC the owner was an Irishman named Jerry, and he also owned Kelly's Café a few doors down the street. A lady named Vera was the cook at Kelly's, and the "mild" chili was so potent that us gringos needed three beers to keep the taco-enchilada-chili combo plate under control. She couldn't sell meals to kids 'cause it was illegal for them to drink beer, and without it they'd catch fire . . .
During the Spring of '76 I spruced the van up a little, and added a Colorado 'Semi-Native' bumper sticker:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2018 07:09PM by Russo Loco.
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> On Labor Day we were back out there again,
> and caught 483 in service without the lettering
> on the tender. A "Stealth" engine, it seems!.
> Check out the VW camper in the background!
You mean the red & cream VW camper, Greg -
With the aftermarket air scoops and the 18-wheeler rear-view mirrors? That's MY car!! Or at least it was at the time. I was traveling with Hall brothers #5 & #7 (see [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net]). We made it in to Osier and camped there a couple of nights over Labor Day weekend:
That was back in the Olden Days, before Roger & Barbara bought THE (Shamrock) HOTEL & SHOPS. IIRC the owner was an Irishman named Jerry, and he also owned Kelly's Café a few doors down the street. A lady named Vera was the cook at Kelly's, and the "mild" chili was so potent that us gringos needed three beers to keep the taco-enchilada-chili combo plate under control. She couldn't sell meals to kids 'cause it was illegal for them to drink beer, and without it they'd catch fire . . .
During the Spring of '76 I spruced the van up a little, and added a Colorado 'Semi-Native' bumper sticker:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2018 07:09PM by Russo Loco.
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