First C&TS Train from Cumbres to Chama: Sunday, 09/06/70 - Fifty Years Ago Today!
| September 06, 2020 11:52AM |
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Hi, All -
By now I'm sure most of us are aware that the C&TS will run its first revenue train from Chama to Cumbres (and on to Osier) in 2020 on September 21st!!
In celebration of this good news, here's an old photo of the very first C&TS train preparing to depart from Cumbres to Chama – fifty years ago this morning:
IIRC, that's engineer Ben Greathouse and preservationists Terry Ross and Ernie Robart in the foreground, discussing plans for the day's run, and 'Chili John' Pritchard – another key player in the battle to save and resuscitate the railroad – in the orange hat at the far right.
For the Rest of the Story of the C&TS first year of operations (well, the first eight weeks, 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 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/2020 07:18PM by Russo Loco.
By now I'm sure most of us are aware that the C&TS will run its first revenue train from Chama to Cumbres (and on to Osier) in 2020 on September 21st!!
In celebration of this good news, here's an old photo of the very first C&TS train preparing to depart from Cumbres to Chama – fifty years ago this morning:
IIRC, that's engineer Ben Greathouse and preservationists Terry Ross and Ernie Robart in the foreground, discussing plans for the day's run, and 'Chili John' Pritchard – another key player in the battle to save and resuscitate the railroad – in the orange hat at the far right.
For the Rest of the Story of the C&TS first year of operations (well, the first eight weeks, 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 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/2020 07:18PM by Russo Loco.
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