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John West

July 25, 2018 01:46PM

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Well, note the diamond stack. So we are talking about DRGW. Back in 1969 SP decided they wanted me to be a newly minted assistant trainmaster at Hearne, TX. So as I headed from California to my new life in Texas I decided why not stop by Durango and ride the Silverton, which I did. By then of course the Silverton was all that was left of the DRGW ng. We had a early season snow, the heavy wet stuff, and on the return to Durango it pushed some rocks down onto the track. Being an idiot, I of course jumped off the train when no one was looking and ran up front to get this picture. Needless to say the crew was not happy when they saw me. But I was able to snap this one quick pic and then follow the stern directions to get my ass back on the train where I was supposed to be.

JBWX.

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Re: More flooding and new D&S shutdown	Kelly Anderson	July 25, 2018 10:42AM
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Fire, floods. Is this next?	John West	July 25, 2018 12:20PM
Re: Fire, floods. Is this next?	Earl	July 25, 2018 01:39PM
Story?	John West	July 25, 2018 01:46PM
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Re: More flooding and new D&S shutdown	guymonmd	July 25, 2018 01:27PM
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Re: More flooding and new D&S shutdown	Chris Walker	July 25, 2018 02:47PM
Re: More flooding and new D&S shutdown	Dave Vollmer	July 25, 2018 02:40PM
Re: More flooding and new D&S shutdown	Chris Webster	July 25, 2018 03:12PM
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The pix look pretty serious	John West	July 25, 2018 05:20PM
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Re: Ready for snow???	RichB	July 25, 2018 07:07PM
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