D&RGW #483 & #484 on "Speedway" south of Alamosa

rehunn Wrote:
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> I don't think those are mountains in the
> background but rather artifacts in the film,
> {it} looks to be South of Alamosa.


I agree, Rich -

Those "mountains" are pretty blurry, and there are also spots on the photo.  Probably either the negative didn't get developed evenly -or- the print got splashed with developer.  OTOH, there does appear to be a real mountain between the front of the engine and the tree at the far left of the photo.   And see Ernie Robart's photo at [ngdiscussion.net], below . . .

The following is ROUGHLY the same place,* about twenty years later (and almost fifty years ago - 08/28/68):


- Roosso

* Within a couple of miles - no trees in my shot, but power poles in background are similar.  I've tried several times to pin down exactly where I took this but without any luck.  There's only a five- or six-mile stretch where the power poles are similar in style and at about the right distance from the highway - somewhere between Estrella and La Jara - and south of La Jara the fields are greener with a lot less sagebrush.  IIRC, I lucked out when 'the pack' followed the old road through Estrella (or maybe Hartner) and I got past them by staying on the highway, then raced ahead to a small crossroad where Eldon would surely blow the whistle . . .    



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2016 01:52PM by Russo Loco.