Re: Last run Dgo/ Chama

Jim Mayer worked the Silverton train the summer of 2003. His father in Durango was in ill health and he came home to assist and work at the same time. Denny Cummins died of a heart attack in California a couple of years ago I believe. Denny got into an altercation once with a drunk passenger on the Silverton back in the 70s who took a swing at him and Denny swung back--mistake, turns out the guy was president of the Shasta Beverage Co. in California, who then complained to management, and Denny spent some time off from work as a result. Denny showed up at our restaurant once and asked if I wanted to buy some Rio Grande silverware. He opened the trunk of his car to show it crammed with stuff off the California Zephyr that had been removed from service because most of it was badly worn. Denny said he "acquired" it from storage in Denver, and I politely declined to buy any of his loot.