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Earl

February 01, 2024 11:46AM

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17-F came into being after the fatal wreck of 483 and 494 on Bocea Hill in Sept. 1958. Before that it was common to double head all the way from Chama to Durango.

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492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Olaf Rasmussen	January 31, 2024 06:10PM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Earl	January 31, 2024 11:15PM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Tom Stewart	February 01, 2024 11:41AM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Jim Armstrong	February 01, 2024 08:39AM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	MD Ramsey	February 01, 2024 09:08AM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Earl	February 01, 2024 11:46AM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Jim Armstrong	February 01, 2024 01:20PM
Doubleheading Chama to Azotea.	John West	February 01, 2024 05:35PM
Re: Doubleheading Chama to Azotea.	Jim Armstrong	February 01, 2024 07:14PM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Kelly Anderson	February 01, 2024 12:22PM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Olaf Rasmussen	February 01, 2024 04:06PM
Re: 492, 493, 480, and 488 moving freight from Chama 60 years ago today - January 31, 1964	Earl	February 01, 2024 09:51PM

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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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