Ernie Robart's photos from 1968:
(Extracted from Final Year of Operations - [
ngdiscussion.net]
04/23 - #476 & #478 break-in, Alamosa to Lava & return.
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
05/28 - #476 & #478 23-car freight Alamosa to Durango (aka "The "Mad Dash").
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
07/17 - #483 & #493 25-car freight Alamosa to Chama, #498 11-car freight Durango to Chama.
07/18 - #483 & #493 19 cars Chama to Cumbres (am),* #483 & #493 11 cars Chama to Cumbres (pm), #483 light move Cumbres to Alamosa,
#493 30 cars, Cumbres to Alamosa; #498 25 cars Chama to Durango.
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
08/19 - #483 to Toltec siding w/ dozer on flat, boxcar of tools & supplies, cars left at Toltec to help clear slide near Calico Cut or Phantom Curve.
08/27 - #498 14 boxcars of lumber to Gato,
?? empty(?) cars back to Durango.
08/28 - #483 & #484 17 cars oilfield supplies + two flats wallboard Alamosa to Chama; #498 14 pipe gons & 14 idler cars Durango to Gato;
14 loads lumber, 7 pipe gons & 7 idler cars Gato to Chama.
08/29 - #483 19-car freight Chama to Durango; #498 & #484 14 cars lumber Chama to Cumbres, #484 light move Cumbres to Alamosa,
#498 14 cars lumber Cumbres to Alamosa, added tool car & flat w/ dozer at Toltec.
(Last revenue freights over Cumbres Pass.)
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
08/31 - #483 19 cars to Aztec & Farmington,
?? cars back to Carbon Junction.
(Last revenue freight on D&RGW narrow gauge.)
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
September - #473 movie work for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". #483 movie work for "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys".
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
11/23 - #483 with NPS special, caboose & 3 passenger cars, Durango to Chama.
11/24 - #483 with NPS special, caboose & 3 passenger cars, Chama to Alamosa.
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
12/05 - #473 & #483 with #481 dead in train, Alamosa to Chama, with three passenger cars from NPS special, cabeese 0540,
0589 & 04343, three(?) cars of locomotive parts, and four empty boxcars for added brakes Cumbres to Chama.
12/06 - #473 pulled above "hospital" train w/caboose 0540 to Durango; #483 returned to Alamosa w/ cabeese 04343 & 0589.
(Last D&RGW operations over Cumbres Pass.)
See [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
* Per Hereford & Robart, this "Cumbres Turn" on July 18 was the only one during 1968, and the last one operated by the D&RGW.
Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2019 10:54AM by Russo Loco.
