Re: August 28 1967...some pix
| February 19, 2017 12:05PM |
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Earl Wrote:
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> I love that shot at Oxford, showing the
> deep sag they are pulling out of.
AMEN, Earl -
That's a beautiful shot! Photos of that stretch of the line are relatively rare, as most of us phoamers and phraud-o-graphers tended to focus our efforts on the more dramatic scenery and action centered on Cumbres Pass. Thankfully John West and his friend Tom Gildersleeve each spent some time between Chama and Durango in the early 1960s; here's one of Tom's photos from October, 1962, showing #497 and #491 setting out a string of stock cars on what looks to me to be the same siding at Oxford that shows in the background of John's photo, above:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2012 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
Ernie Robart also made a significant effort to record the less spectacular parts of the San Juan Extension; this shot was taken justeast WEST* of Tiffany, in early July, 1967:
Photo copyright © 1967, 2012 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
* Correction by Ray Loose (aka Floppo) who is familiar with the area. And I should have known better anyway, 'cause if that photo was taken where I first thought it was then the thriving metropolis of Tiffany, Colorado would be prominent - or at least visible - in the background . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2017 04:27PM by Russo Loco.
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> I love that shot at Oxford, showing the
> deep sag they are pulling out of.
AMEN, Earl -
That's a beautiful shot! Photos of that stretch of the line are relatively rare, as most of us phoamers and phraud-o-graphers tended to focus our efforts on the more dramatic scenery and action centered on Cumbres Pass. Thankfully John West and his friend Tom Gildersleeve each spent some time between Chama and Durango in the early 1960s; here's one of Tom's photos from October, 1962, showing #497 and #491 setting out a string of stock cars on what looks to me to be the same siding at Oxford that shows in the background of John's photo, above:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2012 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
Ernie Robart also made a significant effort to record the less spectacular parts of the San Juan Extension; this shot was taken just
Photo copyright © 1967, 2012 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
* Correction by Ray Loose (aka Floppo) who is familiar with the area. And I should have known better anyway, 'cause if that photo was taken where I first thought it was then the thriving metropolis of Tiffany, Colorado would be prominent - or at least visible - in the background . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2017 04:27PM by Russo Loco.
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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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