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Caboose riding
Author: John West
Date: 09-01-2010 - 08:12

Bruce, the two 315 trips out of Silverton were lightly patronized, with about 25 folks spread over the three coaches. On the mixed train the flagman, a UP engineer, and I had the caboose to ourselves for much of the trip. On some trips the caboose was sold seperately at a higher fare, and some of the trains had a lot more folks on board. Railfest is a mixed bag with a large variety of activities (which change from year to year), but with some planning, selectivity, and luck you can most likely have a lot of fun. The D&S puts a lot of planning into it, and does it well. The only negative is that with a lot of trains on the line, dispatching sometimes trumps photo ops, but that was not a huge problem.

JBWX

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Old time railroading John West 08-31-2010 - 19:45
  Re: Old time railroading Bruce Kelly 09-01-2010 - 07:47
  Re: Old time railroading George Andrews 09-01-2010 - 08:01
  Caboose riding John West 09-01-2010 - 08:12
  Re: Caboose riding--Jack Wyrick? Carol L. Voss 09-01-2010 - 08:59
  Re: Caboose riding--Jack Wyrick? John West 09-01-2010 - 16:41
  Re: Caboose riding--Jack Wyrick? Carol L. Voss 09-02-2010 - 08:37


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