Re: Maybe A Location

Hi Ron,
I was on that train as the USFS RailRanger, and there was a pump in the box, but the river was way too muddy to pump into the tender. It was full of mud and debris, and was beginning to look like chocolate. I would hate to think what that mess would have done to the injectors.
The location of the slide was above the Needlton Tank a ways, and on a bit of steeper grade, which made it hard to back out of, and kept us away from the needed water at Needleton.
The crews of both trains and all of the D&S staff performed admirably, and most of the passengers, though tired, seemed to understand that this was beyond the norm.
Paul Schrank told me the Tall Timbers measuring station was showing the river at 6500 CFS, which is pretty danged high for this time of year, but the damage was done by tributary water coming down the mountainside. I saw waterfalls EVERYWHERE up there.
Anyway, back to me coffee.
Best regards,
Philip