Remembering Ernie - on the Patagonia 2'6" gauge
| March 17, 2019 12:37PM |
In October 1995 Ernie traveled with Jeff Stebbins to the 275-mile Ingeniero Jacobacci - Esquel narrow gauge in Patagonia, Argentina.
Baldwin 2-8-2 # 19 with a southbound mixed train (not much freight that day) between Cerro Mesa and Norquinco
Engine 19 climbing northbound out of El Maiten on October 31, 1995
Baldwins 3 and 19 at the engine service facilities in Cerro Mesa
Baldwin # 4 leading Henschel 2-8-2 104 on a 13 car mixed train just out of Esquel
Baldwin 2-8-2 # 19 with a southbound mixed train (not much freight that day) between Cerro Mesa and Norquinco
Engine 19 climbing northbound out of El Maiten on October 31, 1995
Baldwins 3 and 19 at the engine service facilities in Cerro Mesa
Baldwin # 4 leading Henschel 2-8-2 104 on a 13 car mixed train just out of Esquel
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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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