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to: RICK JONES
from: BOB WINGENDER
date: 1997-10-29 17:05:00
subject: iron horses

Hello Rick!
Tuesday October 28 1997 11:39, Rick Jones wrote to Tom Walker:
 RJ>    I was watching Trains Unlimited last night on The History Channel and
 RJ> they were talking about #3985. They mentioned a case where #3985 was
 RJ> returning to Cheyenne from an excursion, apparently running light. The
 RJ> engineer heard, over the radio, of a train on the hill that had one of 
its
 RJ> three engines break down. It would have required a while to get a helper
 RJ> out of Cheyenne so he called the dispatcher by radio and offered to 
elp.
 RJ> #3985 coupled on to the rear and helped push the stalled train over the
 RJ> hill. A modern diesel train was saved by an "obsolete" steam engine.
 RJ> :-{)   Damn, would I love to be part of the engine crew on that!
Seen the same one!!! And my wish parallels yours!!!
 RJ> -+- DB 1.39/003705
Why 1.39? You know something I don't? :)
Actuall been there, done it and got the tee shirt. If you go to 3000A3, be 
forwarned that the alpha locks ALL EMS/XMS for itself. The only way to get 
the memory back is by COMPLETELY EXITING DB to do external programs.
                               -=[Bob]=-
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