John West Wrote:
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> On the 14th the 487 ran a work train on the
> Silverton branch. I can only guess that at the
> last minute the 483 and 487 at Durango swapped
> jobs, and the 483 ended heading east (with a short
> side trip with the dragline onto the Farmington
> branch)....only to be blocked by the slip out. So
> Chama was probably expecting the 487. When the
> 487 did get to Chama on the 15th it did go through
> to Alamosa on the 16th so apparently it was due
> for some shop work at Alamosa.
>
Yes, 483 and 487 had assignments changed.
Dispatcher initially had the 483 on the Silverton Branch
Jimmy