December 28, 2018 09:25PM
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This is really fascinating stuff. Having been a junior operating officer on the SP not long after this, I would guess the "culture" was similar. The folks in Alamosa and Durango were basically just trying to do their job, pretty much following the norms of past years. The assumption was the trains had to run, much like the "mail must go through". After all the railroads were a regulated public utility. It was taken for granted that you risked life and limb to get the trains through. At some point probably somebody in Denver intervened and said this is stupid, quit trying so hard since we are getting ready to petition for abandonment. And suddenly the norms were changed and winter operation suddenly became too dangerous.
Olaf, thanks for starting a really neat thread.
JBWX
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2018 09:28PM by John West.
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Olaf Rasmussen |
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