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473 Wreck!?

RonRit
December 31, 2001 09:01PM
Does anyone know the details behind an interesting photo I spotted today hanging in Giuseppe's Old Depot Restaurant in the old Grande depot in Colorado Springs?...
The B&W photo clearly shows 473 angled steeply down the embankment into the Animas, just dipping the tip of her pilot plow into the water. What's intriguing is that she appears dressed up for a film, complete with fake diamond stack, bright colors and a big, boxy "old-fashioned" headlamp. It appears she was headed southbound on the west bank of the river, trailing a string of boxcars, gondola, caboose, and then coaches that appear to be Grande gold.
For anyone in the Springs, it's photo 323 near the restaurant entrance. And by the way, the depot is nicely restored since the 1999 fire, full of NG photos, RR memorabilia and decent food, with NG DRG 168 across the street in the park.
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473 Wreck!?

RonRit December 31, 2001 09:01PM

Re: 473 Wreck!?

Fred December 31, 2001 09:37PM

473's Bumblebee Paint

Mike Trent December 31, 2001 09:46PM

Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint

freddyb January 04, 2002 08:16PM

Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint

Jeff Johnson January 05, 2002 12:38AM

another page for the "novel"

Earl January 05, 2002 08:02AM

Re: another page for the "novel"

Herb Kelsey January 05, 2002 12:27PM

Re: Bumble Bee, Leave Engines Black

PRR January 07, 2002 08:58AM

Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint *PIC*

Mike Ramsey January 05, 2002 03:08PM



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