Re: A few more D&RGW 'Moldie Oldies' for Greg
| May 03, 2015 02:24PM |
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Wade - Yes, the 473 wasn't this way for long after Bradshaw purchased the Silverton Branch from the DRGW. I snapped this shot of the 473 after it jusr returned to Durango after the very first work train in April 1981.
Dick Bell has some great photos of 473, still in Rio Grande, on freght extras to Tacoma in April/May 1981. The "flying Rio Grande" was gone well before the end of May. John Coker and I assisted Ernie Ross, a retired DRGW painter, with applying the first style of "Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad" lettering that month.
Dick Bell has some great photos of 473, still in Rio Grande, on freght extras to Tacoma in April/May 1981. The "flying Rio Grande" was gone well before the end of May. John Coker and I assisted Ernie Ross, a retired DRGW painter, with applying the first style of "Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad" lettering that month.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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