Re: Colorado Vacation 1963 - date needed?

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> Keep the photos coming, very nice to see.
> Based on what I see this looks more like 1968.
> In 1963 the RH lead that 498 is parked on was
> connected to the yard on the North end . . .  It
> also appears the balloon loop is in place in that
> picture which makes me think 1968. 

It couldn't be summer of 1968, as the coaling tower had already been torn down to make room for the loop.  Ditto the water tower.    

Dennis Tebo Wrote:
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> I thought the coal tower was gone before 1968.
> I am sure someone here has a date on when it
> was removed.
>
> Cool pictures none the less. Thanks for sharing.


I'll second that motion!!    

If it's the same day, then the last photo shows the first section leaving – after which you boarded the second section.  It couldn't be the second section, as either you were already gone on the first, or you probably would have been left behind when the second very likely didn't stop to pick you up after you took the photo . . .

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/2019 12:59PM by Russo Loco.