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hank

August 13, 2007 09:38AM

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mikerowe Wrote:
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> Michael,
>
> The old F units at the Colorado Railroad Museum
> were run into the ground in the 1970s and 1980s
> dragging heavy ballast trains over Tennessee Pass.

NOt quite right. These were the regular power on the Rio Grande Zephyr until the Grande gave up and let Amtrak onto the Moffat in April of '83. They were then briefly used in work train service before going to the CRRM.

hank

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CRRM Rio Grande diesel	michael	August 11, 2007 07:22PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	mikerowe	August 11, 2007 10:14PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	hank	August 13, 2007 09:38AM
Rio Grande Zephyr -- Denver SLC	Dave Boyer	August 13, 2007 10:32AM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	rdmstr	August 11, 2007 10:18PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	michael	August 12, 2007 07:29AM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	Chris Webster	August 12, 2007 08:29AM
something else?	bcp	August 13, 2007 08:03PM
Re: something else?	Tim Schreiner	August 13, 2007 09:45PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	nickgully	August 12, 2007 08:37AM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	CharlieMcCandless	August 13, 2007 06:13PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	michael	August 13, 2007 06:23PM
Re: CRRM Rio Grande diesel	CharlieMcCandless	August 13, 2007 08:46PM

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