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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: Bob Yarger <bobyar2001@y...>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:27:44 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <20011217205547.46437.qmail@w...>
--- John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...> wrote:
> 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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