Knowing that October 22 is a Saturday gives us a target, John -
And it's probably the last weekend of the C&TS season, far enough after the peak of Fall Colors that there wouldn't normally be a double-header —
To help keep the costs down, would the RR allow several freight cars at the front of the regular train, separating helper #484 from the road engine so they wouldn't have the delay at Lobato, which would allow a little extra time to stop for one – count it, one – run-by between Chama and Cumbres? And then #484 – lettered for the C&TS using the same early patterns drawn up for #487 => "#483" in 2010 – adds a few more freight cars at Cumbres along with the last two or three coaches from the "regular" train and pulls a mixed
Phraud-O-Phreight ™ to Big Horn and back with lunch at Osier eastbound and a special dinner (and maybe a crew change) on the way back?
– Just some Loco thoughts
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Roosso
* SFAIK the "Monkey" lyrics were attached to a popular march from the Edwardian era or thereabouts sometime later. IIRC, the original tune was named
'National Emblem', and the composer was NOT 'the march king' John Philip Sousa (Goldsmith, maybe?).
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2021 03:57PM by Russo Loco.