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John West

December 24, 2023 09:51AM

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Samart Wrote:
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> Always love those shots John. Was this a special
> trip you made to witness this or was it just by
> chance you saw it?
>
> Definitely a lot has changed at Leadville since
> those were shot.

Those were the days when I could fly to DEN, Gordon picked me up in his Thunderbird, and we chased steam in the snow first on the Great
Western, then the C&S Climax branch, and finally the DRGW ng. And the Laramie Cement line was stil steam, but we missed it on that trip.

JBWX

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Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Kurt Maechner	December 23, 2023 06:02AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	John Meixel	December 23, 2023 06:52AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Jim	December 23, 2023 07:25AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Kurt Maechner	December 23, 2023 07:59AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Jason Rose	December 23, 2023 10:48AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	jalbers	December 23, 2023 11:06AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Samart	December 23, 2023 11:26AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Kurt Maechner	December 23, 2023 01:31PM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Kurt Maechner	December 23, 2023 02:25PM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Jason Rose	December 26, 2023 09:29AM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	albspng	December 23, 2023 03:01PM
Re: Leadville line reopens track close to Climax	Olaf Rasmussen	December 23, 2023 04:12PM
And the last regular Class I steam	John West	December 23, 2023 04:38PM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	Kurt Maechner	December 24, 2023 05:52AM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	Samart	December 24, 2023 08:09AM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	HAICH OMANDIER	December 24, 2023 08:51AM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	Kurt Maechner	December 24, 2023 11:00AM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	HAICH OMANDIER	December 24, 2023 09:39PM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	John West	December 24, 2023 09:51AM
Re: And the last regular Class I steam	Samart	December 24, 2023 01:30PM
Great Western	John West	December 24, 2023 02:40PM
Re: Great Western	Scott Turner	December 25, 2023 06:14AM
Re: Great Western	Samart	December 25, 2023 07:28AM
Re: Great Western	Scott Turner	December 25, 2023 07:42AM
Re: Great Western	Samart	December 25, 2023 07:27AM

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