Re: Kelly's

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Interesting, as I always thought it was Kellys.
> It was a pretty big place as I recall with a lot
> of wood booths and such. As I remember there were
> some railroad crews eating in there. This is how
> dad found out what was going on, or he heard they
> were going to get breakfast first and so we also
> ate there. Did they still have a hostler then in
> Chama? The reason I ask is I remember one guy
> moving all three engines that were coupled
> together near the coaling tower. The shot showed
> they were in the order they came into Chama, which
> meant they had to be turned afterwards, maybe
> while we ate breakfast? This was the June 4-5th
> visit in 1968. 498 was there from Durango, and
> 483/93 from Alamosa.
> Greg

Kelly's was a decent sized place with booths, etc. Hasting's pic shows the line up of engines on the north side of the engine house. Kelly's was south of the Shamrock and south of depot. There were buildings across the street from it. It didn't have a RR view.