Re: Water stops on Cumbres

John Bush Wrote:
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> We use the Los Pinos tank on long westbound trains
> instead of filling at Cumbres. Long trains foul
> the highway when the locomotive is spotted at the
> water plug. In the old days when the road went
> under the railroad this was not a problem but the
> new highway crosses the railroad at grade.
>
> John Bush

So that is why we stopped on the 5th for water at Los Pinos. A car was added to our train at the Osier Loop so made us longer.

Tom C.



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