Re: Doing it the hard way - on foot

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> PS  Anyone ever hike down to Cresco in the old
> days before that [new] road was built? The climb
> down was slippery, but the climb back up was a
> killer.  One of my favorite places, though!


I did it at least once – and in a big hurry, too -

But I was only about 1/3 as old as I am today.  Living up to the D&RGW/C&TS slogan, "Through The Weeds, Not Around Them", here's #498 (and #484) with the very last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass – 08/29/68:


The above ended up on the Trains magazine cutting room floor; this one didn't even make it that far:


While Roger Callender and I were crashing through the brush getting down from the old road to Cresco Tank, an even younger and more agile Ernie Robart was making his way down to a cliff overlooking Hamilton's Point:

Photo Copyright © 1968, 2003 by Ernest W. Robart – All Rights Reserved.

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



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/07/2018 05:34PM by Russo Loco.