By request - more photos from Wm. Reed collection

Ross Miller Wrote (on another thread):
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> Thank you for sharing William's photos. They
> are truly wonderful and most of them I haven't
> ever seen before. Love the Kodachrome and
> the vibrant color.
>
> I sure wish William still posted here along with
> Jerry Day and John Templeton. There are a lot
> of valuable resources in those three people for
> information and photos like this. They post here
> no more and it is a real bummer.
>
> This is terrific information, if you have more,
> please do share.   ;o)


William sent me more than two dozen photos; the five to which Ross is referring above were posted at [ngdiscussion.net], five others can be found at [ngdiscussion.net].  Most of the others were fairly dark, or cropped very tight on at least one edge.  I've done a rough job of color correction and brightening using Photoshop's "levels" tool; here is the rest of what I have.

Here's the first half of the (in)famous #489 'Green Jacket' excursion on May 21, 1950.  The first photo was taken at Monarch and the second at Poncha Junction; the train then headed south to Mear's Junction as seen in photos #3 and #4:

Photos © William Reed collection - All Rights Reserved.

The second half of the May 21, 1950 excursion to Monarch and then Villa Grove via Poncha Pass.  There was no indication as to the order these were taken, so I just made a wild guess as to the sequence:

Photos © William Reed collection - All Rights Reserved.

There were three photos featuring K-37's #495 & #492; the first was taken at Gunnison in 1948, and the next two in and near Chama in 1956.
The fourth photo shows the aftermath of a derailment at Lobato Siding; the date was not specified:

Photos © William Reed collection - All Rights Reserved.

Another three photos show the results of the 1958 derailment of engines #483 and #494; the fourth photo is of #496 just prior to her being scrapped:

Photos © William Reed collection - All Rights Reserved.

Finally - to end on a happier note - here's a three-engine Cumbres Turn in 1953 with #496 & #498 on the head end; #492 is pushing at the rear:

Photo © William Reed collection - All Rights Reserved.

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/2017 03:36PM by Russo Loco.