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hank

May 23, 2022 10:22AM

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Taylor Rush Wrote:
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> If I remember right, there was a rumor that the
> railroad was so fed up with demands that they sell
> the locomotive for preservation that they just
> went ahead and cut it up for some peace and quiet.
>
Never heard that one before.

RWR was negotiating to purchase 361 in 1951 and found out she'd been hustled to Pueblo & cut up on orders from Denver to prevent the sale. (That story is in print somewhere but a quick flip didn't turn it up) Could that be what you're remembering?

Hank

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D&RGW 375 in Durango	Taylor Rush	May 22, 2022 12:00PM
Re: D&RGW 375 in Durango	Greg Scholl	May 22, 2022 03:55PM
Re: D&RGW 375 in Durango	hank	May 23, 2022 10:22AM
Re: D&RGW 375 in Durango	Taylor Rush	May 28, 2022 08:56PM
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Re: D&RGW 375 in Durango	Dan Robirds	May 23, 2022 12:55PM
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