Re: DRG Alamosa-Durango Freight Flows 1963

John West Wrote:

> I know Weidman's and the mill at Juanita (MP385.9,
> a bit east of Juanita) shipped more or less right
> up to the end. I took pix of Weidman loading in
> 1967 and MP385.9 being switched in 1965. For some
> stupid reason (probably too busy chasing trains
> out of town) I never paid much attention to the
> mill(s) at Chama. Where there one or two, when
> did they close, and how late in the game did they
> ship. I guess they were switched early in the
> morning before a Cumbres turn, and I would be busy
> catching the action around the roundhouse. Anyone
> have pix of the lumber cars being loaded at Chama,
> I'm wondering what the track layout was and
> exactly where the cars were loaded.
>
> JBWX

I cannot answer exactly, but this slide shot by Fritz Klinke in July or August 1967,
shows the engine and a flat car inbound to the lumber facility. I scanned a bunch of his slides
for possible use, and I think I may have used this inside the program. Kind of a "Different" view than
we normally see in Chama. Behind the tender would be looking west toward Gato and Durango.
Greg