The 807 run would have more likely been December 1958,
not '59. All C&S steamers , except the 641 and
excursion engine 638, were laid up by December 1959.
Incidently, my last cab ride on the 807 was a frigid
day in February 1959. Somewhere, I still have the
blurry photo I took with my mother's Brownie camera.
--- Don Zinnecker <dzinnecker@j...> wrote:
> 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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