Re: RGS 20 on track to forever . . . 
| July 08, 2020 08:08PM |
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KevinM Wrote:
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> Great story, Jim. Thanks!
> Hopefully, we can re-create that photo some day,
> with 463 subbing for the 455.
I'll second both of those motions, Kevin -
A great story AND a great idea!!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. I'd also like to see the two surviving Florence & Cripple Creek locomotives – #3 (the Elkton) and #20 – double-head on the east end of the C&TS that so closely resembles the south end of the F&CC.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/16/2020 03:19PM by Russo Loco.
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> Great story, Jim. Thanks!
> Hopefully, we can re-create that photo some day,
> with 463 subbing for the 455.
I'll second both of those motions, Kevin -
A great story AND a great idea!!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. I'd also like to see the two surviving Florence & Cripple Creek locomotives – #3 (the Elkton) and #20 – double-head on the east end of the C&TS that so closely resembles the south end of the F&CC.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/16/2020 03:19PM by Russo Loco.
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