Re: Gato => Pagosa (?) => Pagosa Junction => Gato
| November 15, 2018 10:18AM |
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Marowicz Wrote:
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> . . . BTW is that photo by Ernie (I am enjoying
> his work hugely, thank you for posting) entitled
> 'meat loaf or turkey'?
Yes, that's another one of Ernie's — note that (as always) I both gave him credit in the body of the text and added a copyright notice below the photo. It's just one of about 350 photos he took of the NPS Special nearly 50 years ago that I've been scanning during the last month or so, along with roughly 300 more covering the 'Hospital Train' of early December 1968 when #473 (helped getting to Chama by #483) pulled #481, several empties (for braking) and a carload or two of locomotive parts, and the NPS coaches to Durango. The very last D&RGW operation over Cumbres Pass was #483's return from Chama to Alamosa on December 6 while #473 continued on to Durango with the train. I'm busy these days going through those 650 photos to pick out the best ones to clean up and convert to jpegs for posting here on the 50th Anniversary dates of when Ernie took them.
I'm not sure what the menu was in Gato on 11/23/68, but I'm sure the food was delicious — two or three 'Harvey Girls' were in charge of meals and refreshments aboard the train . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> . . . BTW is that photo by Ernie (I am enjoying
> his work hugely, thank you for posting) entitled
> 'meat loaf or turkey'?
Yes, that's another one of Ernie's — note that (as always) I both gave him credit in the body of the text and added a copyright notice below the photo. It's just one of about 350 photos he took of the NPS Special nearly 50 years ago that I've been scanning during the last month or so, along with roughly 300 more covering the 'Hospital Train' of early December 1968 when #473 (helped getting to Chama by #483) pulled #481, several empties (for braking) and a carload or two of locomotive parts, and the NPS coaches to Durango. The very last D&RGW operation over Cumbres Pass was #483's return from Chama to Alamosa on December 6 while #473 continued on to Durango with the train. I'm busy these days going through those 650 photos to pick out the best ones to clean up and convert to jpegs for posting here on the 50th Anniversary dates of when Ernie took them.
I'm not sure what the menu was in Gato on 11/23/68, but I'm sure the food was delicious — two or three 'Harvey Girls' were in charge of meals and refreshments aboard the train . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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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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