OK, for the C&S. My remarks were for the CB&Q proper.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Bob Yarger <bobyar2001@y...> wrote:
> 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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