Re: Rotary action March 26

Jim McKee Wrote:
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> Extra 481-489 east - Rotary OY Derailment report
> - Form 3884 (Wilson)
> 1:10 AM March 27 Cumbres
> Engine 489 derailed on wye in shed Cumbres
> Delayed 4 hours 40 minutes rerailing
> Backing around wye struck snow and ice in shed
> derailing rear tank trucks engine 489 on east leg
> of wye. (Wilson)
> (Original plan was to run 489 light back to Chama.
> That was canceled account bad storm at Cumbres.
> After 489 was rerailed put back on train and ran
> to Alamosa.)


Very interesting, Jim -

Especially the derailment report.  Thank you for posting!!!

(The date in the Subject Line caught my attention, as I was exactly three months old on 03/26/42.)

- Roosso