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Re: Worst Thing You Ever Found Trackside ?
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 02-16-2013 - 06:49
Back in fall of '76, I got an invite from WP engineer Graham Snyder to ride with him from Portola to Winnemucca & back.
On the return trip we were waiting in the afternoon for the OMW to show up so we could head back to Portola.
As soon as they changed crews, somebody got a hose and commenced to wet down the nose of the lead GP-40. I asked why they bothered and Graham told me to look closer. It was all covered with small bits of horse flesh, they'd encountered a herd of wild horses out by Clifside and several got clobbered. The hose wasn't much help though, the front of the engine was still pretty dark when we left.
On the return trip we were waiting in the afternoon for the OMW to show up so we could head back to Portola.
As soon as they changed crews, somebody got a hose and commenced to wet down the nose of the lead GP-40. I asked why they bothered and Graham told me to look closer. It was all covered with small bits of horse flesh, they'd encountered a herd of wild horses out by Clifside and several got clobbered. The hose wasn't much help though, the front of the engine was still pretty dark when we left.
