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Grand Canyon Railfan Weekend
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© 1998 Steve Barry steve@daylightimages.com
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This section was set up on October 8, 1998.
The event started on Friday evening, October 2nd, with GCRy's A-B-A set of Alco (MLW) FA's (FPA4s) posed on the bridge at Milepost 4. It was the first time all three units were together as a set.
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Grand Canyon 2-8-2 4960 (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) was next on the bridge. Lighting was provided by Mike Del Vecchio with assistance from Steve Barry, Dave Busse and John Tully.
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Grand Canyon's CMO Robert Franzen was engineer of 4960 on October 3rd, checking his train in the locomotive's side-view mirror.
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The first runby of October 3rd featured 4960 at Pitt.
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At the South Rim, GCRy 2-8-0 18 mjet the American Orient Express led by Amtrak P32 72 and a pair of F40s.
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