Re: 58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run
| January 26, 2024 08:07PM |
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Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> . . . The two engines departed Alamosa with
> a massive mile-long steam plume that drifted
> across the highway and reduced visibility to
> zero for road traffic.
Beautiful, Olaf -
They look like a pair of Baldwin snow-making machines that could benefit any ski area located in a low-moisture part of the country. It looks like they would have left at least two inches of fresh powder on the highway by the time it cooled and settled out . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2024 08:15PM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . The two engines departed Alamosa with
> a massive mile-long steam plume that drifted
> across the highway and reduced visibility to
> zero for road traffic.
Beautiful, Olaf -
They look like a pair of Baldwin snow-making machines that could benefit any ski area located in a low-moisture part of the country. It looks like they would have left at least two inches of fresh powder on the highway by the time it cooled and settled out . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2024 08:15PM by Russo Loco.
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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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