The Morning After the Night Before (Tres Locos)

Thursday, 08/29/68 -

The last revenue freights on the D&RGW narrow gauge depart Chama.
The first to leave was #483; she headed southwest out of town, and
then turned westward toward Durango:


Meanwhile, #484 had been turned at the wye, and was ready to help #498 up the hill:


Ernie led us to a great spot overlooking Lobato, no longer accessible without serious trespassing.  Since it was
such a long shot, I couldn't resist trying that &*(%#)! 2X extender on my new 70-150 zoom lens.   BIG Mistake -
even a really good scanner can't de-blur these negs:


While Ernie headed to an overlook of Hamilton's Point,* I scrambled down to Cresco Tank barely ahead of the train:


A close-up of #498 at Cresco, then three more long shots - unfortunately, with the extender again:


The above finished off my two rolls of B&W; the color shots taken later that day have been posted previously under the
subject of "Forty Years Ago",** so that's it for now.   Bosco & Otis are ready to go out for a while, and I haven't had my
dinner yet ...

- Roosso

  * See page 77 of 'Rio Grande Narrow Gauge - The Final Years, Alamosa to Chama'  by Hereford & Robart.

** See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq ...



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/2015 02:00PM by Russo Loco.