Seems I missed The Longest Train(s) of 1996 by just a couple of days, Earl -
Or maybe by a full week - Sept. 21 to Sept. 28 - depending on when I caught #497 at Hangman's and Los Pinos. As noted above, #497 pulled #2 from Chama to Osier and #4 from Osier to Antonito on Sept. 14. Do your records show which day she returned to Chama westbound - 09/15 or 09/16 - in order to join #463 on the charter to Big Horn on 09/17?
Thank You for putting up with all my questions and the detailed answers you have provided, and thanks in advance for settling this one last question about the sequence of events during my 1996 visit.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender