You are correct that trains 29 and 30 were discontinued in 1967, September of
that year to be exact.
It was a great disappointment to me personally because that was the year I
matriculated at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and I would have loved
to have ridden those trains periodically and from my home in Denver.
sjl
LaVerne Brummel <ldb53jmb55@charter.net> wrote:
Hi Steve,
I remember seeing the train, once, at Denver Union Station, in 1967.
It was pretty much as you described, with the power that day being
(I think) a E7. I believe that train was discontinued later that
same year.
Verne Brummel,
Fitchburg,WI
>
> Richard, I moved to the Campion area (4 miles south of Loveland)
in 1965. I was crazy about trains but at 10 years old knew very
little about them. The fall of 65 had a ritual of sitting by the
tracks after school in hopes of seeing a steam engine which several
told me would be seen during sugarbeet harvest; none ever came.
Maybe in Loveland on Great Western Sugar, but not on the C&S! There
was one passenger train that ran. If recalling the consist correctly
was alway 5 cars; some conbination of 4 mail or baggage cars and a
single silver coach on the end. This coach seemed to be heavyweight
in my mind due to the having 6 axles. The mail/baggage cars were all
green. It ran south seemingly around 9 AM and always went north
late at night around 11AM. It flew compared to other trains. Living
close to a crossing I saw many cars lock the brakes up for it late
at night. One Sunday morning I walked the tracks down to Berthoud
Lake (half way between Campion and Berthoud) The
> southbound surprised me and I leaped off the tracks as if flew
by! My boyhood memory beyond gettting the #### scared out of me was
that if had an "F" on it that day rather than the usual "E". I dont
remember seeing it very long after moving there. maybe a year or
two! Steve, College Place, WA
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