Re: 56 Years Ago - 493 & 483 on last Flanger-Spreader run . . .

John West Wrote:
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> I'm really enjoying this ride, just don't get stuck!

Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> Thanks, Olaf for posting your excellent photos
> with detailed captions.  Really enjoyed going
> along for the ride.

tgbcvr Wrote:
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> Olaf, it’s almost like being there!  

guymonmd Wrote:
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> Thanks for posting this series of photos.  I en-
> joyed your memories of your adventure that day.

Tom Peterman Wrote:
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> Olaf, thanks for sharing your winter adventure -
> really enjoyed the pictures and dialog.

Billy473 Wrote:
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> Great stuff, Olaf!  Thank you so much for
> sharing this epic adventure!

Mark Valerius Wrote:
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> Thanks for posting these pictures of your adven-
> ture Olaf.  Brings back memories of a sleeping
> tourist railroad I visited on a whim in a snowy &
> cold Chama in April 1972.  Having worked on the
> Jordan spreader restoration (and the flangers as
> well), I am always interested in photos of them
> in use.
>
> -11 F here in Iowa this morning, lends appreciation
> to what these hardy RR crews and their machines
> endure, and not just on the narrow gauge of days
> past, but in the here and now on railroads every-
> where in winter, makes me shiver – brrr – throw
> another log on the fire already . . .


Add my voice to the chorus, Olaf -

What a GREAT series of photos!!    

- Sincerely, Willie   (Suffering through a mid-sixties heat wave in balmy SoCal.)