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Kelly Anderson

July 30, 2018 01:38PM

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What year did the Rio Grande give up on snow fighting and begin embargoing the line for the winter? That would certainly cut back on the number of locomotives needed.

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Why was 489 retired in 1962?	DAN58590	July 29, 2018 08:38AM
Re: Why was 489 retired in 1962?	Earl	July 29, 2018 09:26AM
Re: Why you can find 'Waldo', but not '#489' . . .	Johnson Barr	July 29, 2018 03:58PM
Re: Why you can find 'Waldo', but not '#489' . . .	DAN58590	July 29, 2018 06:03PM
Re: Why you can find 'Waldo', but not '#489' . . .	Rader Sidetrack	July 29, 2018 08:32PM
Re: Finding 'Waldo' AND '#478' . . .	Johnson Barr	July 30, 2018 10:46AM
Re: Why was 489 retired in 1962?	Kelly Anderson	July 30, 2018 01:38PM
Re: Why was 489 retired in 1962?	Ryan Morris	July 30, 2018 02:35PM
Re: Why was 489 retired in 1962?	Earl	July 30, 2018 03:45PM

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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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