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Sharrod

January 26, 2024 03:56PM

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It's cold. I have served here on steam in December on two engines. One had an enclosed cab and it was comfortable. The other did not, and we never equipped with curtains, but it did have a high coal space with windshields. That engine required bundling up, scarf and all.

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58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	January 25, 2024 10:55PM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Tom Moungovan	January 26, 2024 05:55AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	guymonmd	January 26, 2024 07:44AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Sharrod	January 26, 2024 09:13AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	John West	January 26, 2024 10:37AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Sharrod	January 26, 2024 03:56PM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Kelly Anderson	January 27, 2024 06:50AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	January 27, 2024 09:39AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Kelly Anderson	January 27, 2024 11:43AM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Russo Loco	January 26, 2024 08:07PM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	January 27, 2024 09:46PM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	January 27, 2024 10:18PM
Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run	Olaf Rasmussen	January 27, 2024 10:46PM

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