http://crfweb.org/signalsblog/2003/04/2003-oral-histories-fest/ A "mailcar" blog, bringing messages from Board Members Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://crfweb.org/signalsblog/2003/04/2003-oral-histories-fest/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Gary Dean Freeman Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:27:06 +0000 http://crfweb.org/signalsblog/?p=95#comment-13 I showed up at South Cle Elum depot 6-6-70 for my first pay trip on the E-25. the trip to Othello was for the most part uneventful, however, on the way back the E-25 had a hard pull on the hill and caught on fire about Doris or just before. from my seat in the rear cab I saw flames shooting out of the lead cab, followed by Dick Donely then more flames. Dick ran from the rear cab and backed the train down to Beverly. He said "Now they can build a park around it." So that was the first trip for me, and the last for the E-25. I showed up at South Cle Elum depot 6-6-70 for my first pay trip on the E-25. the trip to Othello was for the most part uneventful, however, on the way back the E-25 had a hard pull on the hill and caught on fire about Doris or just before. from my seat in the rear cab I saw flames shooting out of the lead cab, followed by Dick Donely then more flames. Dick ran from the rear cab and backed the train down to Beverly. He said “Now they can build a park around it.” So that was the first trip for me, and the last for the E-25.

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