February 26, 2007 02:03PM
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Bob Hope sang it so well. "Thanks for the memories", Uncle Bob. Dad and Uncle Bob met through mutual friends. So while traveling, we stopped for the night of Sept. 1, 1950 at the Narrow Gauge Motel. OUr room faced to the south and the table light was an electrified Colorado Midland lantern. After nightfall, there came a knock on the door. It was Uncle Bob and he was carrying a lantern. "Want to come out and highball the passenger train?" I didn't need a second invitation. UNcle Bob, Dad and I walked out to the east side of the propety and soon, there came a whistle from the south. Out of the crisp night air, came that beautiful little Sports Model, #476, trundling along about 35 mph taking #216, the San Juan home for the night. UNcle Bob threw them a highball with his lantern and the 476 answered with her two shorts, a whistle that still reverberates through my mind. Highball, Uncle Bob!
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