Steam & Excursion > She's So Fine, My 489

Obvious lyrics, had Brian Wilson been a railfan...
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These locomotives look so much better without the snow plows imho.

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Queen of the Hop.

Best of the Best, 489.

Great Throttle, squarest valve gear on road, fired easy, held her water well, road like a dream.

At least she did in the 1990's.

Nothing a decent diesel couldn't fix (nyuk-nyuk).

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callum_out Wrote:
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> Nothing a decent diesel couldn't fix (nyuk-nyuk).
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> Out
 Love your Humor  Just when I needed it the most.
Bring ON a classic SD40 Prime mover diesel any day LOLOL 
LOLOL
-----Daneil

The discussion over on NGDF over the D&S getting a couple new diesels dwarrfs any conversation one could
have about the end of time!

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BKLJ611 Wrote:
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> These locomotives look so much better without the
> snow plows imho.
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> Posted from iPhone

I agree !  It's nice to know someone thinks the same on this.

IMHO the snow plow now fitted gives the impression of what the D&RG had to dealt with in the fall, winter and spring. Very impressive to historical steam minds, like mine. That railroad had to really fight hard to run in the snowiest parts of the year. Colorado Midland also had serious snow adventures at Hagerman Pass, etc. Those snow plows make you realize how hard those railroaders worked; but it was easier to plow than shovel.

We lived in the Colorado Mountains for 43 years at a lower elevation but on a 2-3/4 mile private dirt road and is was another type of fight with much smaller vehicles. My choice was a 1976 Ford F-250 heaviest suspension, low range and a Warn winch, snatch blocks, serious tire chains, three gas tanks, etc. One winter we had 27 feet of snow. It was hard but for younger years it was fun.

SuperChiefDon

daniel3197 Wrote:
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> callum_out Wrote:
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> > Nothing a decent diesel couldn't fix
> (nyuk-nyuk).
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> > Out
>  Love your Humor  Just when I needed it the
> most.
> Bring ON a classic SD40 Prime mover diesel any day
> LOLOL 
> LOLOL
> -----Daneil

Another piece of RR equipment with the soul of a large kitchen appliance.......