Re: D&RGW #499 All Dressed Up - Clearly For A Fan Trip!

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Antonito Tank for sure, if it was as Martin says
> in Alamosa, then there would be a very large
> Coaling Trestle visible near the Tank.


. . . And the tank in Alamosa was on the other side of the track.  Here's the very last eastbound freight shortly after arriving in Alamosa on 08/29/68:


IIRC, the large coaling trestle had long since been replaced by a Red Devil coal loader, seen here in action about 36 hours earlier:


The tall silver-painted "tube" (sand tower?) at the far right of the photo is about the only structure in the Alamosa yard still standing from the Narrow Gauge era.

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2016 12:27PM by Russo Loco.