Re: fires

[VR Bass]

Walt, 

Both preserved narrow gauge lines have been shut down by the forest service.  
Although there are no fires in the vicinity of Albuquerque, the air has been 
thick with smoke the last week, today worse than ever.  The winds have subsided 
somewhat, but they still blow very hard for at least an hour a day, which of 
course makes things much worse for the firefighters.

The Albuquerque paper ran an editorial cartoon last week showing Smoky the Bear 
holding a flamethrower and cheerfully reporting "Don't worry -- it's just a 
controlled burn."  In the background, a loco lettered Cumbres & Toltec and the 
Chama station are burnt to a crisp.  It's likely that a down season will kill 
the railroad, and with it Chama and Antonito.

regards,
  -vance-

Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Re: fires

[Peter Jobusch]

Operations to Silverton have been suspended.  The train is going as far as
Hermosa.

To their credit, management tried to keep things going - brought in a
diseasel and a tank car - started carrying water tanks and hoses in the box
car - installed finer mesh in the spark arrestors.  Management pulled the
plug, though, when they came down from Silverton on the speeder following
one of the trains and saw just how devistating the Missionary Ridge fire
is.  No sense in adding to the workload of the firefighters.  (Before
restricting operations they did start one fire big enough to divert a
chopper and a crew ... not a big fire, just an acre ... just enough to
scare some folks.)

If you want to keep track of what is going on, the Durango Herald is
providing outstanding coverage on their web site .

Man is not going to put this fire out.  Pray for rain!

Pete Jobusch (with a brother in a hotel the past two weeks ... his place is
still there ... thanks for asking)

At 07:46 PM 2002-06-23 EDT, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if the forest fires have damaged the LIVE STEAM operations
>of the Durango & Silverton, or any of the other operations in CO or AZ?
>Have any of our Ga. 1 live steamers been adversely affected?
>Locally, our fire restrictions have been lifted, 5.75" of rain in one day 
>took care of that!
>Keep your steam up!
>Mr. Lunkenheimer & associate 
> 

OT: fires

[Dave Cole]

At 7:46 PM -0400 6/23/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Locally, our fire restrictions have been lifted, 5.75" of rain in one day
>took care of that!

walt:

i'm in orlando and this afternoon i think 5.75" of rain fell between 
3:30 and 3:45 p.m.

\dmc

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Re: fires

[trotfox]

According to the fine folks over at MLS it has not yet affected the
Durango.  The Cumbres and Toltec is being forced to stop opperations
though for fear of starting further fires.  I believe the Durango is being
similarly afflicted.

The discussion can be seen here...
http://www.myLargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8334

Trot, the well-connected, fox...

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Does anyone know if the forest fires have damaged the LIVE STEAM operations
> of the Durango & Silverton, or any of the other operations in CO or AZ?
> Have any of our Ga. 1 live steamers been adversely affected?
> Locally, our fire restrictions have been lifted, 5.75" of rain in one day
> took care of that!
> Keep your steam up!
> Mr. Lunkenheimer & associate


 /\_/\TrotFox\ Always remember,
( o o )  AKA Landon Solomon   \ "There is a
 >\./< [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ third alternative."
 

fires

[WaltSwartz]

Does anyone know if the forest fires have damaged the LIVE STEAM operations
of the Durango & Silverton, or any of the other operations in CO or AZ?
Have any of our Ga. 1 live steamers been adversely affected?
Locally, our fire restrictions have been lifted, 5.75" of rain in one day 
took care of that!
Keep your steam up!
Mr. Lunkenheimer & associate