Re: #481 headed west from Alamosa on 12/05/68 . . .
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Jim et al -
That photo of #481 has to be prior to December 5, 1968, when she was towed dead-in-train from Alamosa to Chama by recently-shopped #473 and helper #483. (Look close – the photo is not too fuzzy to see that the main rod and eccentric rod have been removed in preparation for towing.) #473 continued on to Durango with this "hospital" train on December 6, while #483 returned to Alamosa with two of the three cabeese — the very last D&RGW operation over Cumbres Pass. Here's the train on December 5 (Al Chione photos from the Tom Gildersleeve collection):
. . . and the other two locos on December 6, before #483 turned on the wye and headed home to Alamosa:
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2018 05:11PM by Russo Loco.
That photo of #481 has to be prior to December 5, 1968, when she was towed dead-in-train from Alamosa to Chama by recently-shopped #473 and helper #483. (Look close – the photo is not too fuzzy to see that the main rod and eccentric rod have been removed in preparation for towing.) #473 continued on to Durango with this "hospital" train on December 6, while #483 returned to Alamosa with two of the three cabeese — the very last D&RGW operation over Cumbres Pass. Here's the train on December 5 (Al Chione photos from the Tom Gildersleeve collection):
. . . and the other two locos on December 6, before #483 turned on the wye and headed home to Alamosa:
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2018 05:11PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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