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Re: Yet Another Picture of the Last Train

May 02, 2010 02:38PM avatar
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> What tips me off that this is the first day
> (December 5th), is that the train left Alamosa
> with 3 Cabooses, but only the 0540 went all the
> way to Durango on the 6th. 483 took the other two
> cabooses back to Alamosa, which makes me wonder
> why they took three to start with. I can see
> taking 2, and sending one back to Alamosa with
> 483, but not 2.
>
> Greg Scholl

It may be that the traditional crew quarters in Chama - Kelly's Café and The Shamrock Hotel - were closed for the winter, and the crews needed someplace to eat and sleep.  I spent the night in 0503 a couple of times in 1970-72, and it was pretty comfy until the fire died out at about 3:00 a.m. and I had to get up and try to re-start it in the dark.

- Russo

p.s. Here's another picture of the last train, from Tom Gildersleeve's collection. IIRC, this is just west of Sublette:
68-12-05-TG-2.jpg



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2010 03:55PM by Russo Loco.
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