Re: '66 Ops - and a new year's eve puzzle . . .
| January 01, 2019 12:43AM |
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OOOooooooh - if only that list included one more week ten more days!
IIRC, the very last of the annual Kiwanis Kolor Karavan three-day fall colors excursions was held on Friday-Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 1966. I'm pretty sure that our road engine Alamosa-Durango on Friday and Durango-Alamosa on Sunday was #483, but my photos aren't sharp enough to identify the Chama-to-Cumbres helper for the return trip on Sunday:
It looks like the longer, lower tender of a K-36 – not the stubby one of a K-37 – and maybe there's a plow up front . . . so is it #487??
. . . Only 'The Shadow' – and the next page of the list – really knows . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
IIRC, the very last of the annual Kiwanis Kolor Karavan three-day fall colors excursions was held on Friday-Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 1966. I'm pretty sure that our road engine Alamosa-Durango on Friday and Durango-Alamosa on Sunday was #483, but my photos aren't sharp enough to identify the Chama-to-Cumbres helper for the return trip on Sunday:
It looks like the longer, lower tender of a K-36 – not the stubby one of a K-37 – and maybe there's a plow up front . . . so is it #487??
. . . Only 'The Shadow' – and the next page of the list – really knows . . .
- 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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