Re: Three Months Ago Today II.5 - 08/28/10 (pics)

At Phantom Curve I left it up to a young whippersnapper to climb up to my vantage point
of nearly 40 years ago, and settled for a spot only ten or twelve feet above the r.o.w.
Fortunately, the rain held off - but only for a little while:


It was beginning to drizzle when a brave railfan - SFAIK the only 1970 volunteer currently working for the railroad - left the warm shelter of his engine cab to snap a quick photo of the train:


Neither rain nor sleet nor hail nor gloom of night can stay our intrepid Conductor from his appointed rounds - Alan Loomis, IMHO the hardest-working man on the railroad:


Only a few of us braved the rain for the first run-by at Toltec Tunnel #1 - aptly nicknamed "Mud Tunnel":


When the rain let up a bit, Alan called for a second photo run:



(To be concluded)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2010 01:13PM by Russo Loco.