Re: Try to Remember What Day in September . . . 
| January 30, 2023 09:34PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> . . . I got this picture of a long string of empties
> headed to Chama presumably for loading:
> [attachment 87401 DRGW3raildblheader1002.jpg]
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> Have no idea why.
When were you there, John -
Was it before or after the Oriental Refinery shut down / burned?
Was there another refinery in Alamosa, or could oil have been transferred to standard-gauge cars and shipped elsewhere for refining?
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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> . . . I got this picture of a long string of empties
> headed to Chama presumably for loading:
> [attachment 87401 DRGW3raildblheader1002.jpg]
>
> Have no idea why.
When were you there, John -
Was it before or after the Oriental Refinery shut down / burned?
Was there another refinery in Alamosa, or could oil have been transferred to standard-gauge cars and shipped elsewhere for refining?
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
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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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