Re: 4-wire Telegraphone Poles Over Cumbres
| July 19, 2016 09:24PM |
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Hello, Dan -
For some 1968 photos of poles at Lobato Siding, and between Cumbres Loop ('Tanglefoot Curve') and Apache Crossing, see [ngdiscussion.net]. The third and fourth photos on that page show poles fairly close up that appear to have only four wires - not five. IIRC, there were five wires from Alamosa to Antonito but only four going west from Antonito to Durango, as one of the five from Alamosa went south to Santa Fe.
The tall pole that still stood at the north end of the Chama yard in the early seventies also appears to have carried only four wires, not five:
OTOH, the pole where the wires entered the northeast corner of the Chama depot appears to have FIVE pairs of insulators in 1968, plus another single insulator at the west end of the crossarm:
- Roosso
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/2016 11:07PM by Russo Loco.
For some 1968 photos of poles at Lobato Siding, and between Cumbres Loop ('Tanglefoot Curve') and Apache Crossing, see [ngdiscussion.net]. The third and fourth photos on that page show poles fairly close up that appear to have only four wires - not five. IIRC, there were five wires from Alamosa to Antonito but only four going west from Antonito to Durango, as one of the five from Alamosa went south to Santa Fe.
The tall pole that still stood at the north end of the Chama yard in the early seventies also appears to have carried only four wires, not five:
OTOH, the pole where the wires entered the northeast corner of the Chama depot appears to have FIVE pairs of insulators in 1968, plus another single insulator at the west end of the crossarm:
- Roosso
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/2016 11:07PM by Russo Loco.
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