Re: Another few for Fritz (still more Moldy Oldies)

Fritz Klinke Wrote:
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> Nice shots Russ.

Thank you, Fritz.  There are a few more below, though from farther south.

> No steam today meant our regular Thursday
> lunch out on the town was without crowds.

At the Pickle Barrel, I presume ...

> Usually we head out a few minutes before
> the train arrives to make sure we get a table,
> but not all the restaurants are open yet as
> the crowds are still a little thin -- snow and
> rain much of the day anyway.


We MIGHT get a little much-needed rain here in Ventura today - it's really dark to the north, over scenic Ojai (the Ground-Squirrel Capital of the World).  The weather-guesser is predicting a five percent chance of one-tenth of an inch ...    

Anyway, to hopefully brighten your day, here are a few more night shots from Durango.  These were taken on the evening following the two above of the southbound Silverton Train taking water on 10/03/64.   Let's start with a ghost, to get in the spirit of things:


And this looks like a ghost of the same setup as two years before - #487 lighting up #473's tender across the turntable - but the photos are from different rolls of film with different events before and after, so either it's a funny coincidence or maybe it was #484 - not #487 - providing the light back in 1962:


The roundhouse wasn't as far off limits back then, but even so I didn't venture very far beyond the doors:


The other side of #484:


... and an old workhorse, long since retired:


- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2015 02:37PM by Russo Loco.