Re: Clean #493 at Aunty-Neato & Cumbres, 1968

Russo Loco Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Ah-yup -
>
> The FIRST freight of 1968 was the so-called 'Mad
> Dash' of May 28,* all the way from Alamosa
> to Durango in one long day (I presume there was a
> van-facilitated crew change in Chama), which had
> no corresponding eastbound freight.  The June
> 4 freights from Alamosa and Durango to Chama, and
> from Chama to Alamosa and Durango on June 5, were
> the first "normal" operations of 1968.
>
> - Roosso


Greg did say it was the first Chama to Alamosa train......
>
> *  So named by my mentor, El Curdgeoño
> del Norte (aka JBWX), exceeded in rank only by the
> esteemed founder of our order, El
> Curmudgeoño del Sur (aka Tom Gildersleeve).