Welcome! Log In Create A New Profile

different view in Alamosa...

Forum List Message List New Topic Print View

earl

March 22, 2005 03:28PM

The couple of Alamosa guys I've talked to liked getting called for the rotary, because they made a ton of cash. Mr. Morgan referrd to it as "The Wheel Of Fortune". They essentially got paid for continuous duty until the tied up in Chama or Alamosa. Perhaps having a support train with bunk cars & cook cars made it much more bearable. The guys told me it got a lot more bearable when the former RPO cars replaced the old box-outfits. Those old 4100-class boxcars were cold and drafty.

Reply Quote

Message List Previous Message Next Message

RSS

Subject	Author	Posted
Chama N.M. february 12th 1957	John Templeton Chama Station Agent	March 22, 2005 08:41AM
Re: Chama N.M. february 12th 1957	Gregory Raven	March 22, 2005 09:15AM
Re: Chama N.M. february 12th 1957	Jerry Day	March 22, 2005 12:11PM
different view in Alamosa...	earl	March 22, 2005 03:28PM
Re: different view in Alamosa...	Jerry Day	March 23, 2005 09:05AM
Re: Rotary OO	Hank Porter	March 24, 2005 08:04AM
Re: Rotary OO	Jerry Day	March 24, 2005 10:32AM
Re: Rotary OO	Hank Porter	March 24, 2005 11:04AM
Re: Rotary OO	Jerry Day	March 24, 2005 12:04PM
Re: Chama N.M. february 12th 1957	Linn W. Moedinger	March 23, 2005 05:47AM

Sorry, you can't reply to this topic. It has been closed.

488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.