DRG Alamosa-Durango Freight Flows 1963
| December 03, 2018 11:36AM |
So I stole this from Trains, April, 1964, page 27. It is interesting to me to look at the freight flows in the last year of year-round service. I note the big jump in traffic from Chama to east. I guess that is oil traffic? And like some other threads have mentioned before, the closure of this oil source must have been a major traffic loss and the argument of cessation of winter operation and eventual abandonment. I also note a significant amount of inbound traffic to Chama.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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