Re: Adventures on the Narrow Gauge, June '60 to October '66
| March 30, 2020 08:21AM |
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Thinking back on it, Greg -
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if the D&RGW deliberately
> gave the La Jara CoC and the Alamosa Kiwanis a
> below-cost rate so they could show the ICC a
> bigger loss on their Narrow Gauge operations .
> . .
Or they might have been trying to support local civic groups. Just trying to be a ray of sunshine.
Hank
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> Thinking back on it, Greg -
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if the D&RGW deliberately
> gave the La Jara CoC and the Alamosa Kiwanis a
> below-cost rate so they could show the ICC a
> bigger loss on their Narrow Gauge operations .
> . .
Or they might have been trying to support local civic groups. Just trying to be a ray of sunshine.
Hank
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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