Re: San Juan Rail Road Life - Google

San Juan Wrote:
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> Does anyone know if these San Juan photos were in
> a Life magazine issue?
>
> All of the San Juan photos date to April 4, 1950.
> I tried looking online through the various April
> issues but could not find these photos associated
> with anything.

There were at least two LIFE articles - one on the Phantom Curve avalanche that hit the San Juan in 1948, and one in 1950 or 1951 about the last days of the San Juan.

John Norwood wrote a chapter about accompanying the LIFE photographer on the trip pictured in one of his books.

JAC