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John Bush

June 27, 2022 07:00PM

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When I was the CMO and occasional fireman we only used it bringing helper locomotives down from Cumbres. The back and forth between using the Johnson bar and the driver brakes was to keep from over heating and thus loosening the driver tires.
John Bush

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498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Olaf Rasmussen	June 23, 2022 08:44PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Juergen Rasmussen	June 27, 2022 04:57PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	John Bush	June 27, 2022 06:08PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	James Temple	June 27, 2022 06:50PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	John Bush	June 27, 2022 07:00PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Russ489	June 27, 2022 09:27PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Casey Akin	June 27, 2022 10:09PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Russ489	June 28, 2022 07:29PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Earl	June 28, 2022 09:29PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Olaf Rasmussen	June 28, 2022 11:56PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Jon Walden	June 29, 2022 06:34AM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Earl	June 29, 2022 01:09PM
Re: 498 and 488 approaching Cumbres with the1963 RMRRC excursion	Olaf Rasmussen	June 29, 2022 08:47PM
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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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