December 17, 2014 06:01PM
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I believe in credit where credit is due. I'm not sure there is a "one size fits all" monument. Or where to place it (you didn't mention Silverton; let's not offend our friends there!). Or even what it should be.
I suspect the DRHS will make the contributions of their Emma known in Durango. As for how the Colorado Railroad Museum would choose to interpret the the movie roles of RGS #20, or the Cumbres & Toltec with D&RGW #168 (the star of "Texas Rangers" in 1936, the first Hollywood film shot on the Rio Grande), should that project happen, that's kind of up to them.
The California State Railroad Museum (Sierra Railroad) and Nevada State Railroad Museum (Virginia & Truckee) celebrate the movie histories of items in their collections. The Fillmore & Western Railway, where you and I met, markets its movie history as part of the experience. That doesn't seem to be in the consciousness elsewhere. It's too bad. While "Dad" is looking at and photographing trains at museums and tourist railroads, the rest of his family is usually bored and ready to move on. A train's "movie connection" is something non-railfans can relate to. The guys way out west get this. Maybe others will figure it out. Someday.
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