Re: From birth to death

Part of the story I have heard was that on the first trip the 19 double headed with 250, which creates a historical dilema as I understood 250 got 19's tender, so either the tender swaping was wrong or the story about doubleheading was slightly mistated. One of the long standing stories has been that on one of the early trips when crews were getting used to 250, they spun the drivers going up Larch. When the engineer got some sand under the wheels it gripped the rails and really started pulling. The heavy jolt tore the stove in the caboose completely loose from the floor. This story is from my conductors repetoire and should not be taken as pure fact. (Conductors motto: "The truth should never get in the road of a good story")