Re: Two Locos & 70 cars west from Toltec Tunnel . . .

Beautiful, John -

Along with your Antonito triptych of the two-engine freight carrying the Deeres to Durango, it's one of my favorites.    
I have an extra-wide hi-res monitor, so it displays almost full size for me.

What's the resolution of your original scan?  Would a 12" x 48" print be possible??

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Peyton Smith Wrote:
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> Very cool photo John, was this a typical operation
> in the early 60's or was it uncommon to see such
> a long train heading WB, even in earlier years?

John West Wrote:
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> This was a very typical kind of westbound train
> in at least the 1961 to 1964 time frame when I
> was visiting. After the Oriental Refinery closed
> in 1964 combined with an overall drop in traffic
> the trains probably got a bit shorter.


Peyton & John, et al -

There was a westbound freight in late August, 1967, that was less than half as long – IIRC barely heavy enough to require moving the helper from the front to the middle of the train during the fuel & water stop at Antonito (see photos on [ngdiscussion.net]).  I'm not sure about the two June, 1968 trains, but the 'Mad Dash' on May 28 and the westbound freights on July 17 and August 28 were short enough (or light enough) that they were all run as double-headers.  (For photos see the threads starting at [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net], and the posts at [ngdiscussion.net] et seq.)

- Roosso



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2018 07:06PM by Russo Loco.