Re: Alamosa, 1967 vs 1968

John Cole Wrote:
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> Thanks Jimmy - good to see you posting again.
> It appears that the narrow gauge was pretty much
> dead by 1967, was that the case for the entire year?


Hi, John -

Per 'Rio Grande Narrow Gauge – The Final Years, Alamosa to Chama' by Hereford & Robart, "During 1967 eighteen trains departed Alamosa . . . the following year, excluding movie trains, only five westbound trains crossed Cumbres."

- Roosso

p.s. For some fuzzy photos of the 08/28/67 train mentioned above, see [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net]. 
For a smaller number of sharper photos see John West's post at [ngdiscussion.net] (and the May, 2015 issue of TRAINS magazine).



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/18/2017 09:18PM by Russo Loco.