Herb Kelsey Wrote:
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> 487. First on account of a beautiful back-lit
> Jim Shaughnessey photo of the loco at speed
> between Alamosa and Antonito published in
> Beebe & Clegg's Narrow Gauge in the Rockies -
> my first book on the narrow gauge. That photo
> really captured my attention. I always have liked
> the way she wore a plow.
By any chance, Herb -
Are you referring to the photo on page 93 of '
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies' that was the inspiration for Roosso's hit song, "The Ballad of Festus Frothjaw"?? Not only does #487 have a rather unique plow that IIRC is somewhat more permanently attached than the one that keeps getting swapped around among the other C&TS engines, she also - along with K-37 #497 - once had a rather unique flying
Rio Grande logo on the engineer's side of her tender behind the locomotive - see [
ngdiscussion.net].
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/10/2015 05:19PM by Johnson Barr.