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Eddy Sand

June 01, 2020 04:18PM

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Just like magic, engine 268 flew over the derailment from MP 469.1 to north of MP 483.7, coming to the rescue.

Or perhaps Superman got involved..

Everett Lueck Wrote:
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> Maybe 18 carloads, which on the NG would be 360
> tons. It looks like there could have been that
> many box cars. John may have been thinking in SG
> terms, which 18 carloads would be 900 tons.
>
> 268 was in Rockwood, below the derailment, so not
> an issue to get up the canyon.

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473 into the Animas River 1951	Greg Scholl	May 29, 2020 09:22AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jerry474	May 29, 2020 11:30AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Earl	May 29, 2020 12:18PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Greg Scholl	May 29, 2020 03:46PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jerry474	May 29, 2020 04:18PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Eddy Sand	June 01, 2020 11:06AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jerry474	June 01, 2020 11:59AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jimmy Blouch	May 29, 2020 12:15PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Earl	May 29, 2020 07:53PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	drgwk37	May 29, 2020 07:58PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jimmy Blouch	May 29, 2020 08:27PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Zach_Jones	May 29, 2020 08:36PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Earl	May 29, 2020 08:59PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	TonyK375	May 29, 2020 09:30PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Eddy Sand	June 01, 2020 11:03AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jimmy Blouch	June 01, 2020 11:39AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Everett Lueck	June 01, 2020 11:49AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Eddy Sand	June 01, 2020 04:18PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jerry474	June 01, 2020 04:44PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Greg Scholl	June 01, 2020 06:55PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jerry474	May 29, 2020 11:24PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Greg Scholl	May 30, 2020 08:03AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	MD Ramsey	May 30, 2020 08:15AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Greg Scholl	May 30, 2020 08:57AM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	MD Ramsey	May 30, 2020 03:09PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951 / 268 to the rescue	larryjensen	June 01, 2020 02:28PM
Re: Hollyweird's Railroads, Vol 1 - 3 (and 4?) . . .	Russo Loco	June 01, 2020 08:23PM
Re: Hollyweird's Railroads, Vol 1 - 3 (and 4?) . . .	TonyK375	June 01, 2020 08:49PM
Re: Hollyweird's Railroads, Vol 1 - 3 (and 4?) . . .	larryjensen	June 02, 2020 09:35AM
Re: Hollyweird's Railroads, Vol 4 . . .	Russo Loco	June 02, 2020 12:11PM
Re: 473 into the Animas River 1951	Jimmy Blouch	June 06, 2022 01:18PM
How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	CVR220	June 03, 2020 07:24PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Jerry474	June 03, 2020 07:57PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Earl	June 03, 2020 08:31PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Jerry474	June 03, 2020 09:01PM
Revisionist History	Eddy Sand	June 04, 2020 02:28PM
Re: Revisionist History	Jerry474	June 04, 2020 03:51PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Greg Scholl	June 04, 2020 07:21AM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Jerry474	June 04, 2020 07:49AM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Donald Foster	June 04, 2020 03:05PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Jerry474	June 04, 2020 03:42PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Earl	June 04, 2020 03:48PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Donald Foster	June 04, 2020 06:02PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Jerry474	June 04, 2020 06:46PM
Re: How did the 268 get back to Gunnison?	Greg Scholl	June 05, 2020 12:13PM

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