February 04, 2023 12:48PM
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drgw9 Wrote:
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> Now that all of us who were there for that first
> C&TS train and are now "old" one wonders how
> it was pulled off and no one was killed!!!!!!!!!!
The early seventies did see a few miracles, Tom -
In addition to all the political maneuvering that resulted in the Bi-State Commission and the legal preservation of the railroad, IMHO, the leaders of the physical restoration did an amazing job! IIRC there were no major injuries; the most serious incident that I'm aware of was that one of my co-workers on the track gang at the curve west of Calico Cut on 09/02/70 suffered an epileptic seizure on the way back to Antonito but we were able to get him back to town safely. The worst delay on September 6 was replacing the damaged rail at the crossing just east of Chama; IMHO the train 6½ weeks later, on October 16, 1970, was a much greater risk — only one of the eight men on our crew had more than a few weeks experience as a railroader, and three of us weren't even foamers. See [
ngdiscussion.net] for 'The Rest of the Story'
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Roosso
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