Re: Big Country, Small Train, Roof Riding, Light Rain . . . 
| April 20, 2021 02:05PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> That guy on the second boxcar must have
> nerves of steel.
hank Wrote:
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> Or else he's done this every other day or so
> for 10 years and doesn't even think about it
> anymore! Amazing what can become routine.
John West Wrote:
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> . . . Fegua brakemen regularly rode the tops,
> whereas Rio Grande trainmen did so only
> when there was good reason.
I wonder what this man's reason was, John -
It's late in the game for the Rio Grande – August 28, 1968 to be exact – yet he's moving along on rain-slicked roofwalks and jumping from car to rocking car as he works his way forward to the relative comfort of #484's doghouse:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2018 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
Olaf was there too, shooting video of this scene over my shoulder. It's featured on TRAINS Magazine's 'Narrow Gauge Freight Trains' DVD. IIRC, the DVD is still available from the C&TS and from The Friends.
Just over seven years later, about a mile to the (RR) east and on a much nicer day, Bob Keller of Scenic Railways was still keeping the tradition alive:
Photo copyright © 1975, 2018 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2024 07:32PM by Russo Loco.
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> That guy on the second boxcar must have
> nerves of steel.
hank Wrote:
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> Or else he's done this every other day or so
> for 10 years and doesn't even think about it
> anymore! Amazing what can become routine.
John West Wrote:
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> . . . Fegua brakemen regularly rode the tops,
> whereas Rio Grande trainmen did so only
> when there was good reason.
I wonder what this man's reason was, John -
It's late in the game for the Rio Grande – August 28, 1968 to be exact – yet he's moving along on rain-slicked roofwalks and jumping from car to rocking car as he works his way forward to the relative comfort of #484's doghouse:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2018 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
Olaf was there too, shooting video of this scene over my shoulder. It's featured on TRAINS Magazine's 'Narrow Gauge Freight Trains' DVD. IIRC, the DVD is still available from the C&TS and from The Friends.
Just over seven years later, about a mile to the (RR) east and on a much nicer day, Bob Keller of Scenic Railways was still keeping the tradition alive:
Photo copyright © 1975, 2018 by R. B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2024 07:32PM by Russo Loco.
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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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