December 13, 2018 09:41PM
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> BrianJ Wrote:
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> > They probably parked them that way so the one
> > night watchman could tend to both of them with-
> > out much of a walk.
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> Brian, Greg, Sharrod et al -
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> IIRC, there was no "night watchman" or hostler in
> Chama after there was no longer a helper stationed
> there (which probably ended in September, 1964,
> when the daily shipments of GRAMP
S oil
> ended, if not before).
>
> Looking at some of the previous photos, it appears
> that they spent the night next to what was left of
> the roundhouse, both facing west with #473 ahead
> of #483. Early the next morning they were
> both topped off with water, fuel & sand –
> probably by their firemen – before #483 ran
> down to the wye and was turned toward Alamosa
> before they were parked back-to-back on the "ready
> track"
. . .
There would have been a night watchman and a hostler (and a hostler helper) in Chama. It would have been someone from either Durango or Alamosa sent over to Chama to take care of the engines. The watchman might even have been a local employee (like a section foreman or other worker). Jim Shawcroft told me he was watchman and or hostler during the "Good Guys 7 Bad Guys" filming in Oct. '68.
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