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Re: K-4 In the Mud
Author: 2 years to go
Date: 07-16-2014 - 21:49

ex-BN Wrote:
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> Peter D. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Being any running crew, is not for the faint of
> > heart. You get through 30-40 years with out
> > incident, you thank your lucky stars. It was an
> > express. K-4, in those days may have been
> running
> > over sixty plus. Notice, there IS NO cab behind
> > the boiler in the picture before the wreckers
> > came......
>
>
> When you first start working at speed on the road
> you do worry about each bridge, tunnel, slide
> area, crossing etc. Then afer countless trips you
> get used to it. But the first instincts are
> correct. The danger is always there. As I
> approach the end of a long RR career I just hope
> my luck holds out a little longer.

Amen, brother. And Mr. Andrews, the Rio Grande "Mudhens" were K-27s.

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  Re: K-4 In the Mud Peter D. 07-04-2014 - 00:47
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