C&TS in Sept. '72 (pics - #483 & Hinmann Car)

Hi, All -

I'm tired of hijacking the "Favorite K-36" thread - and having posted an incorrect date (since corrected) for one of my own photos there, I thought it best to post a series of photos of what is clearly the September 22 Moonlight Dinner Train to Osier.

To show that the Dinner Train was NOT double-headed, here's a series of slides from the same roll, following by a few moldy-oldie black-&-whites from two additional rolls, SFICT all taken on September 22, 1972.

Servicing #483 prior to departure.  The warm afternoon light is clearly coming from the west:


Three slides later, same roll, we're crossing Lobato trestle.  Unfortunately, long lenses in those days didn't have image stabilization:


This one is also fuzzy, but the trees are clearly September Gold, not August Green or October Bare:


The light was beginning to fade so I switched to much faster, but grainier, Tri-X black-&-white.  Still no image stabilization though:


Some of the B&W shots on the roll show cattle on the track, so the above MAY have been taken in August - the date on the negative holder wasn't clear.  (When is the usual Fall round-up?)   The following - including a couple of unintended "selfies" - were definitely taken on September 22nd:


I've posted at least one photo of the following day's double-headed regular passenger train from Chama to Antonito previously -
see fourth photo on [ngdiscussion.net].   I'll add some more in a separate post tomorrow.

- El Greengo Curmudgeoño de los Locos Viejos y Verdes
aka  Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHaber

p.s.  Is that guitarist Ed Stabler leaning on the telegraphone pole in the last B&W, above?   Only The Shadow knows ...    



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2019 02:20PM by Russo Loco.