drgwk37 Wrote:
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> . . .  I can't make out the markings on the sides
> of the excavators which might help us figure out
> where they were going.  I don't think they are RR
> equipment, but again it's hard to tell.


Interesting, William -

It almost looks like they're painted 'Grande Gold' with a thin black stripe and aluminium roofs – but wouldn't 1941 be way too early for that color scheme on the D&RGW?  Is there any chance that they're headed up north of Durango to clear a major slide on the Silverton Branch?  Alternatively, what year was the highway between Durango and Silverton widened & paved??

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