Tank Smith Wrote:
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> Typical of 1970 operations, there were people
> riding just about everywhere.
Thank You, Tank -
Great that you were able to chase, and get photos of that first train from angles I've never seen before!!
IIRC, this was the ONLY "passenger" train run on the C&TS during the two months of operation in September and October of 1970. All of the other runs were westbound equipment moves followed by eastbound returns of #483 and her short 'work train' to Antonito, so the "Governors' Special" wasn't exactly typical.
Here are four of Ernie Robart's photos from two weeks earlier - 09/20/70
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Photos copyright © 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and two from one weekend before - 09/27/70
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Photo copyright © 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Photo copyright © 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Here are two of the "Governors' Special" on October 4, 1970, showing the greatly expanded "crew" mentioned by Tank
: (Where's
Waldo Fritz?)
Photo copyright © 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Photo copyright © 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
All the above photos have been posted previously but IIRC it's been several years, so hopefully they are new to at least some of you. For the full story of the C&TS first year of operations (well, the first two months, anyway) see the thread started by Jason Rose at [
ngdiscussion.net].
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/04/2020 09:19PM by Russo Loco.