Re: The East End of the Allison, CO siding . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Hello, Guy -
>
> Assuming that your map is in the usual TOP = NORTH
> orientation, the siding in Allison was located to
> the northeast of and parallel to the main
> line.  Here's a sneak preview of an Ernie
> Robart photo taken nearly fifty years ago, on Nov.
> 23, 1968, that on the far right shows what appears
> to be a pipe gon or two left on the siding in
> Allison sometime earlier in the summer:
> [attachment 51349 681123c06.jpg]
>
> The next shot on the roll clearly shows the stand
> for the east switch just in front of locomotive
> #483, which was pulling the National Park Service
> Special from Durango to Chama that day:
> [attachment 51350 681123c07.jpg]
>
> - El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y
> Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y
> Verdes,
> aka Der Grossväterlich
> DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHaben
> der
>
> p.s.  Tune in this coming Friday and
> Saturday, Nov. 23 & 24, for 'The Rest of the
> Story' . . .

A pipe gone loaded with ties, no less. More abandonment fodder.