Re: Random Fuzzy Photos #50

round_house Wrote:
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> In 89 3985 ran it's last trip to Laramie under
> coal and started a grass fire outside of Laramie.
> The next year 3985 and 844 did the Cajon pass
> trip.
> This excursion they posed 3985 with the Wyo and
> Colo F units together. I remember a SP observation
> car on that train. 94 is about right.
> I have slides somewhere

I think the last Laramie Roundtrip was in the fall of 1988. I did one in the spring of 88, and we still had coal. They did one more after that. The trip to LA for the LAUPT station where 4449 joined in the fun was May 1989. The coal-oil conversion to 3985 was 1990.
Greg