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Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Last regular use of mainline steam

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Last regular use of mainline steam
From: Don Zinnecker <dzinnecker@j...>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 16:09:43 -0600
In the video 'Last Steamers of the Colorado & Southern' there is a clip
showing C&S Mikado #807 (former Q) bringing the Fort Collins local south
toward Denver's Rice Yard. It's a gray, snowy day, a melancholy scene,
especially considering the claim made by the narrator that it is #807's
last run. The narrator claims the date is December 1959, if I remember
correctly. ......but then, I wasn't there, so I can't verify it. :-(
-Don 

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 12:45:37 -0800 (PST) John Mitchell
<cbqrr47@y...> writes:
> This wasn't really regular service. This was using an
> excursion engine for an emergency. The truly last
> "non-excursion", "non-emergency" regular revenue 
> steam-powered service was the day switch engine at
> Christopher with Herrin Junction engine #4997 on
> January 27, 1959. The last road job ran Herrin
> Junction to Centralia by extra 4976 north on January
> 14, 1959. I was there for both events!
> 
> John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> --- jonathanharris@e... wrote:
> > I think Warren is correct. I recall seeing a photo
> > -- maybe in TRAINS,
> > maybe a newspaper -- of 4960 pulling a Zephyr
> > (California, I believe)
> > through high waters on some floodplain, though I
> > can't remember which... It
> > was either 1965 or '66. I'll defer to Warren's
> > memory of flood history. jh
> > 
> > > how about 1965, during the flood? would this be
> > the latest?
> > >warren
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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