| November 19, 2019 06:29PM |
The D&S is replacing the decking on the Durango turntable. The turntable was built in 1899 by the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works. It was moved from Alamosa to Durango in 1923. It was powered by the locomotive air pump (and hand powered) until 1940 when the air motor was moved from Funston RH at Glenwood Springs and a compressor installed in the roundhouse.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.