Santa Fe started doing away with them in 1971. Bob Nicholson __________________________________________
--- In [email protected], ken garber <garber.ken@...> wrote: > > One source puts the end of footboards at 1979. > > But a comment elsewhere mentioned a few roads kept them around for a few > more years. > > All sorts of historical dates at www.hosam.com ( > http://www.hosam.com/grd/dates.html) > > Ken > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Greg <gelems@...> wrote: > > > Hopefully they were going away from you when you tried to get on there > > Bob. Either way it was a surprise when they weren't there. The WP still > > had a couple of units with them when I hired out in 79 and they sure were > > useful when using those low cut levers on the engine. > > > > Greg > > > > --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@> wrote: > > > > > > We always called them "footboards". Imagine the thrill in the middle of > > the night when you stepped for one and it wasn't there. That's how we on > > the front lines discovered the RR's were removing them. > > > > > > Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
