Re: 493 and a heavy train in a mystery location

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Thanks Dave and Bruce. The train appears even
> closer to the highway 62 crossing than I would
> have guessed. There is a hill just east of the
> crossing that must be the viewpoint for the photo,
> I just didn't think it was high enough for such a
> spectacular elevated scene. Spencer doesn't give
> the name of the photographer, but from the
> hike/scramble required it looks like something
> Ernie Robart might have done. I will try to find
> out. Ernie's 1965-1966 negatives are yet to be
> scanned. All kinds of treasures are likely to be
> discovered in the next year or so, thanks to the
> FRIENDS archive team.

There's one of Ernie's from 12/06/68 that shows a train at the crossing, with a little of that same mountain in the background and a pretty good hill off to the right — see the eleventh shot on [ngdiscussion.net].

> Just as an aside . . . my first reaction to the pho
> to was that it might be a train descending the
> draw west of Allison, approaching the bridge
> at La Boca, but I quickly discarded that idea
> because of the mountains in the background.
> Come to think of it, that draw is another
> of the "dark" places on the narrow gauge
> that's probably never been photographed.


Never say "never", Olaf –

See the sixth photo on [ngdiscussion.net] . . .

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