Re: C&TS in Oct. '72 (pics: #463, #483 & 'Mystery Freight' - pt. 1)

cdaspit Wrote:
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> Was that 492 and 482 parked on the side?

Kevin Cook Replied:
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> Why yes, it is both 482 and 492.


Ah-yup - #482 & #492 it was -

A couple of days later they were joined by #463, recently arrived from Antonito:




IIRC, #463 was pulled from Antonito to Cumbres by #19 on the same day as the Toltec Rattler ran from Chama to Big Horn and return - Oct. 22, 1972.  Exactly when and how #463 got from Cumbres to Chama, I do not remember - and don't remember how I missed that adventure unless it was after sunset on the 22nd when I was chasing the Rattler's chase train back to Chama (see my previous post).

I'm fairly sure that the train crew took a day off on October 23rd, after the Moonlight Dinner Train on the 21st and the very long day with The Toltec Rattler on the 22nd, so I believe the above - and the following - were taken on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1972.  At first glance I thought they were from the afternoon before the dinner train on the 21st, but then #463 wouldn't have been there.  DUH!!

Here are Richard Braden and Jim Shawcroft helping the hostler get #483 ready to haul a short train of empties up the hill.  As proof of my increasing geezerhood, I have no memories of this train - on which Richard had apparently arranged for me to ride - and I was very surprised to discover these negatives in an old binder:




Eventually Jim retrieved the train from the yard, and after a brief consultation with his crew we got underway:


(To be continued ... )

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/2015 12:43PM by Russo Loco.