December 11, 2018 08:07PM
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Sharrod Wrote:
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> Why are 483 and 473 posed back to back?
> It does not seem to serve any purpose.
Charlie Mutschler Wrote:
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> Back to back photos because 483 had been turned
> to take the eastward train from Chama to Alamosa.
> Apparently everyone taking photos (at least all of
> those who have shared photos here) chose to chase
> the westbound train between Chama and Durango.
Sharrod Wrote:
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> What I mean is, they are both on the same track,
> correct? That means 483 turned, ran past 473,
> and then backed onto the track behind 473. Does
> not seem to serve a purpose, other than posing for
> the camera. Does not even seem to help with the
> switching of the train.
Chris Walker Wrote:
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> My take on it is the very last time those locos
> would ever be together, the Enginemen probably
> parked 'em for the photographers to mark that
> occasion.
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Perhaps the 483 turned and need to take coal,
> and 473 was on that track. If so then the 483
> had to run down past the tank and back to take
> water. Then afterwards they need to do some-
> thing at the yard office (Station, etc), and set the
> engine there for the crew. Remember they used
> hostlers back then. So now both engines are
> ready for the respective crews once they come
> on duty, and they are close to the station/parking
> lot for the crew to access the engines.
IIRC, it was customary to park engines next to (what was left of) the roundhouse until their crews were ready to depart. The same two engines had been parked nose-to-nose there several weeks before while still wearing their Hollyweird makeup from
'Good Guys & Bad Guys' and
'Butch & Sundance', respectively
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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
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