Brian Norden Wrote:
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> My guess about the caption is that the photo-
> grapher looked at a map and figured anything
> west bound was going to Silverton and never
> considered Chama, Durango, Farmington, or
> any other point on the railroad.
... And anything eastbound over Cumbres - as in the photos - was coming FROM Silverton
...
I do know that when he was still a kid, Willie referred to the entire line from Alamosa to Silverton as 'The Silverton Branch'. He didn't
know Farmington even existed, and thought that the only commodities shipped on the RR were uranium ore & (radioactive?) tourists.