Woody Woodward Wrote:
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> Denny cummins was on the crew of the train that
> took the 473,481, 212,330,B7 and 0540 and others
> to Chama from Alamosa. In route he cut the tree
> and mounted it to the Durango Caboose, 0540. The
> next day Denny worked the Extra 483 back to
> Alamosa then got in his old Desoto and drove to
> Durango to meet the Ex 473 West and get his tree.
> Denny and his 4 girls made the tree pretty and
> they had a great Christmas.
>
> Woody W
Interesting that he was not even on the train to Durango, and had to drive over from Alamosa. Do you know why they had two extra cabooses
on the December 5th run and 2 on December 6th 483 to Alamosa. Seems like one for each train would have worked. 0540 was the one with the tree in the films Chama-Durango.
Greg Scholl