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Earl

December 27, 2020 12:29PM

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It ought to be pointed out that this was the last attempt to keep the railroad open in the winter months. They gave up on keeping the line open soon after this adventure. From here on as soon as snow fell on Cumbres, they shut the whole place down until spring.

I could just seen the big guys up in Denver looking at the reports from Alamosa thinking "What are those crazy guys doing down there?!?.....tying to run a railroad in the winter?!?!....We're trying to ABANDON that thing!!! Shut it all down.. NOW!!"

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55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	December 21, 2020 09:16AM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	December 21, 2020 09:47AM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Greg Scholl	December 21, 2020 10:22AM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	December 21, 2020 11:10AM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Russo Loco	December 21, 2020 01:23PM
Re: December 31, 1965 Flanger/Spreader Chama - Alamosa	Olaf Rasmussen	December 21, 2020 07:33PM
Re: 1960's Flanger/Spreader trains, Alamosa to Chama	Russo Loco	December 21, 2020 08:04PM
Re: December 31, 1965 Flanger/Spreader Chama - Alamosa	Brett B	December 26, 2020 08:46PM
Re: December 31, 1965 Flanger/Spreader Chama - Alamosa	Olaf Rasmussen	December 26, 2020 09:01PM
Re: December 31, 1965 Flanger/Spreader Chama - Alamosa	Earl	December 27, 2020 12:29PM
Re: December 31, 1965 Flanger/Spreader Chama - Alamosa	Olaf Rasmussen	December 28, 2020 09:30PM
Re: 55 years ago, the December 29, 1965	Olaf Rasmussen	December 26, 2020 08:03PM
Re: 55 years ago, the December 29, 1965	Greg Scholl	December 26, 2020 08:52PM
Re: 55 years ago, the December 29, 1965	Olaf Rasmussen	December 26, 2020 09:04PM
Re: 55 years ago, the December 29, 1965	Greg Scholl	December 27, 2020 09:50AM
Re: 55 years ago, the December 29, 1965	Earl	December 27, 2020 12:24PM
Re: 55 years ago, the South Yard in Alamosa . . .	Russo Loco	December 27, 2020 01:46PM
Re: Ernie's "Christmas Card" photos in 1968 and '74	Russo Loco	December 27, 2020 01:25PM
Re: Ernie's "Christmas Card" photos in 1968 and '74	Greg Scholl	December 27, 2020 08:56PM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Earl	December 21, 2020 03:18PM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Johnson Barr	December 21, 2020 04:06PM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	December 21, 2020 04:57PM
Re: 55 years ago, December 20 - 21 1965, 487 & 493 on flanger spreader run	Russo Loco	December 21, 2020 07:22PM
Which Flanger ?	drgw0579	December 21, 2020 09:00PM
Re: Which Flanger ?	Earl	December 21, 2020 10:36PM
Re: Which Flanger ?	Jerry474	December 22, 2020 08:08AM

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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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