Eddy Sand Wrote:
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> Just to be clear
:
> 483 and 484 were never in Alamosa during 1971,
> the 3rd rail was gone.
>
> The Railroad Act permitting purchase of what be-
> came C&TS was passed by legislatures in 1969.
> The line was rescued from the torch on July 16,
> 1970 with checks for $547,120.00.
>
> The first delivery of equipment from D&RGW to the
> C&TS was September 1, 1970. The first C&TS train
> reached Cumbres Saturday, September 5, and it
> snowed overnight. Chama was reached late in the
> afternoon of September 6.
Successive Two more
> deliveries from Rio Grande were made
all month
>
on Sept. 4 and Sept. 18, and C&TS equipment
> movements with 483 continued on the weekends
> thanks to volunteer railroaders. Immediately after
> the
third and last delivery of equipment, Sept. 18,
> 1970, D&RGW section crews removed
a section
>
of the 3rd rail to Alamosa.
>
> The first excursion was October 4, 1970, the "Gov-
> ernor's Special," missing
one both governor
s.
>
> Scenic Railways from California got the first oper-
> ating contract during May 1971. 1971 was the
> first operation season beginning with a Railroad
> Club of New Mexico excursion on June 6, which
> was actually the first formal C&TS passenger train.
Right, Eddy -
Please note that the subject lines of all of my posts (above) regarding the first year of C&TS operations reference
1970, not 1971
. . .
As noted above, for details of C&TS operations from mid-September through late October, 1970, see [
ngdiscussion.net], which is based on the "Operations" chapter as written by Ernie Robart from his meticulous notes for Terry Ross's 1971 book on the beginnings of the C&TS.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
