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Wade Hall

May 14, 2016 11:22AM

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473 may have just been well-washed in the photo, if the photo was indeed taken in 1955. 473 was shopped after its derailment into the Animas River in 1951. At that shopping, it was repainted out of its short-lived Bumblebee paint and back into traditional paint and lettering. It is unlikely that it would have repainted so shortly after that. As an example, 487 was painted and lettered sometime in 1951 or early 1952 with its tender lettering leaning "wrong-way" on the engineer's side. The tender remained that way until the end of D&RGW operations in 1968.

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Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	LOGGERHOGGER	May 13, 2016 07:43AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	John Cole	May 13, 2016 07:45AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	Earl	May 13, 2016 11:00AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	K-37493	May 13, 2016 09:04PM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	MD Ramsey	May 13, 2016 11:27AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	John Cole	May 13, 2016 02:58PM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	MD Ramsey	May 13, 2016 03:13PM
Re: Cole Board Extensions in May, 1955 . . .	Johnson Barr	May 14, 2016 12:37AM
Re: Cole Board Extensions in May, 1955 . . .	dougvv	May 14, 2016 01:03AM
Re: Cole Board Extensions in May, 1955 . . .	Earl	May 14, 2016 08:13AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	BrianJ	May 13, 2016 07:49AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	rehunn	May 13, 2016 09:18AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	Earl	May 13, 2016 09:40PM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	TonyK375	May 14, 2016 08:30AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	Wade Hall	May 14, 2016 11:22AM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	Dirk Ramsey	May 14, 2016 09:19PM
Re: Low Light & Fresh Paint In Alamosa In May 1955!	Earl	May 15, 2016 07:57AM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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