Re: 497 and 487 Cumbres turn 10-3-67

Victor's book has three plates on the Rio Grande narrow gauge. There is 497 eastbound at Cresco on October 3, 1967, on the first of two Cumbres turns that day. Plates 51 and 52 show a westbound pipe train with 487 as road engine and 483 as mid-train helper rounding the horse shoe curve at Los Pinos 6 days later on October 9, 1967. So Victor, assuming he followed either the Chama-Alamosa train or the Farmington turn on October 4, would have had a five day gap with no narrow gauge action. On October 9 497 brought a freight from Durango to Chama to meet 483 and 487 from Alamosa. On October 10 483 and 487 returned to Alamosa and 497 returned to Durango. As for me, I had to drive back to New Mexico State U to finish up my research and submit my Master's thesis, so no more narrow gauge chases for a month, until November 8 (473 switching the Weidman sawmill for the next days run of 476 to Chama , in the works to be posted).