C&TS in Oct. '72 (pics: 483, 484, Toltec Rattler, 463, &c.)
| August 17, 2015 09:07PM |
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Hello again -
The C&TS' third Moonlight Dinner Train to Osier was run about a month after the second one -
on Oct. 21, 1972. I didn't get any photos that trip - or if I did they've been lost - but I did get a
LOT of photos of the first C&TS photo freight - The Toltec Rattler - which ran the next day.
These first few are new scans of a roll of black & white negs "that was recently discovered in the vaults of the theater, still in working order." The morning of October 22nd was clear but very cold - with frost on the ties and on the tops of the cars. There weren't very many fans watching the preparations just before sunrise:
As usual, I didn't take notes - so I'll leave it up to Earl and Richard to identify the crew members shown above.
(To be continued ... )
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2015 10:46PM by Russo Loco.
The C&TS' third Moonlight Dinner Train to Osier was run about a month after the second one -
on Oct. 21, 1972. I didn't get any photos that trip - or if I did they've been lost - but I did get a
LOT of photos of the first C&TS photo freight - The Toltec Rattler - which ran the next day.
These first few are new scans of a roll of black & white negs "that was recently discovered in the vaults of the theater, still in working order." The morning of October 22nd was clear but very cold - with frost on the ties and on the tops of the cars. There weren't very many fans watching the preparations just before sunrise:
As usual, I didn't take notes - so I'll leave it up to Earl and Richard to identify the crew members shown above.
(To be continued ... )
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2015 10:46PM by Russo Loco.
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