Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> On July 11, 1967 Ernie followed 493 and 497 with a
> heavy freight from Chama to Durango. The two
> engines were hauling 21 box cars of drill mud, 18
> loads of pipe, 10 idler flats and the caboose, for
> a total of 50 cars. As was normal practice, 493
> ran light Chama to Durango, and helped 497 from
> Gato to Falfa. What was raising eyebrows was that
> 497 was the road engine on her first run from
> Alamosa to Durango in nearly four years.

498 was the road engine out of Alamosa the day before, so they must have deemed 497 was fit after arriving in Chama
on July 10th.
Greg