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Posted 23 March 2019 - 02:33 PM

It's October 1, 1944, K-36 #485 departs Chama at 2:20 AM with 5 loads 36 empties.

Crew: Conductor Bruce, & Engineer Dieckman.

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Loads: 1 water, 1 pipe, & 3 other loads.

Empties: 20 empty double decks Durango, 1 empty dump Durango, 14 empty FBC (gon) Lumberton, & a caboose.

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Posted 23 March 2019 - 06:24 PM

As the train rolls downhill...

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... it stops at the Monero tank to fill the cistern.

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After that, the train passes the coal tipple at Monero.

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Posted 24 March 2019 - 12:43 PM

As the train rolls downhill...

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... it stops at Lumberton to fill the cistern & set out the gondolas.

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After that, the train continues the trip west.

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Posted 24 March 2019 - 07:32 PM

As the train continues heading west...

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... it rolls through Navajo. the tank & bridge are still there today.

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The train follows the Navajo River as it heads west.

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Posted 25 March 2019 - 12:32 PM

The train rolls over the bridge east of Juanita. The bridge is still there today.

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At MP 387.67, the train rolls over another bridge. This bridge is also still there today.

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The train rolls through Gato. The site still has rail, & a couple other things that still stand today.

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Posted 25 March 2019 - 07:31 PM

At Carracas, the crew took 15 minutes to have something to eat.

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After that, the train gets underway again.

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The train rolls through Arboles. This site would be submerged by the Navajo Reservoir project in the 1960's.

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Posted 26 March 2019 - 12:39 PM

The train starts rolling uphill. The section between Arboles & Falfa is a bit of a "roller coaster" in a sense.

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The train rolls through Tiffany, site of a 33 car siding, MOW boxcar, & a mercantile.

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Posted 26 March 2019 - 07:29 PM

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The train rolls through La Boca, the site of a 28 car siding & a water tank.

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Posted 27 March 2019 - 09:31 AM

At MP 424.25, the flat car loaded with pipe derailed because of the load & the car swaying. In the process, 150 ties broke; there was no damage to the car & its contents.

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After 55 minutes re railing the car, the train gets underway as it rolls through Ignacio, the site of sidings, & a depot.

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The train rolls through Oxford, the site of a 10 car siding.

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Posted 27 March 2019 - 01:56 PM

The train rolls through Florida, the site of a bridge, siding, & a tank.

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The train crests Falfa hill, & begins rolling downhill.

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