Re: Train at the Florida River bridge March, 1958
| February 06, 2019 08:39AM |
It seems that the Florida river bridge and water tank were seldom photographed, as this location was well off any highways. So it is great to see this on-train photo. Here is a photo of 476 approaching the Florida bridge on November 9, 1967 with a heavy train of lumber from the Weidman sawmill in Durango. This photo is part of a planned posting of 476's last run from Durango to Alamosa.
The bridge is still there, but the water tank is gone. The ditch from the Florida river to the pump intake sump is still open and filled with water. The pump house (on the other side of the water tank) is still there. The pump itself has been removed, so the pump house is pretty much empty.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2019 10:49AM by Olaf Rasmussen.
The bridge is still there, but the water tank is gone. The ditch from the Florida river to the pump intake sump is still open and filled with water. The pump house (on the other side of the water tank) is still there. The pump itself has been removed, so the pump house is pretty much empty.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2019 10:49AM by Olaf Rasmussen.
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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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