Yes, I was fortunate enought to take the school trip in Casper, But not my
first steam trip on the Q the first was for my birthday in 1954 Thermopolis
to Bonneville, Fall1962 football trip from Casper to Cheyenne Jr.'s and
Sr.'s got to go, Fall 1963 the trip had a diesel at the helm.
Harold
> "The 4960 joined [the school trip schedule] on April 27 [1963] with a
Kansas
> City-East Leavenworth jaunt, then moved to St. Joseph, Council Bluffs and
> Aurora, Nebraska. Moving to the far western portion of the system, trips
> with the Mikado ran out of Alliance, Sheridan, Billings,Thermopolis,
Casper,
> Scottsbluff, Sterling and Ft. Morgan. It was then on to Denver for a
Rocky
> Mountain Railroad Club special to Colorado Springs May 11 and Fort Collins
> May 12, before working school specials out of Denver May 13-15 . . ."
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