Re: Which 2 cabeese, Antonito-Chama & return, on 08/28-29/67?
| January 07, 2018 01:28PM |
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Two cabooses were on the 'hospital' train of
> December 5, 1968, from Alamosa to Chama,
> and since #0503 was turned over to the C&TS
> in 1970 I'll presume it was the one that returned
> to Alamosa with engine #483 on December 6,
> while the other – most likely either #04343 or
> #0584 – continued on to Durango with engine
> #476 pulling #481 dead-in-train. IIRC, nearly
> all of the D&RGW cabeese were sold off after
> abandonment; SFAIK there's only one still in
> use in Durango and of course there's #0503
> on the C&TS.
Earl Wrote:
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> The second caboose on the Dec.5 train was
> 0505. It was a Durango-based caboose that
> came east with the National Parks Special
> and was being deadheaded home. The other
> caboose was for the regular crew and came
> back [to Alamosa] with #483.
Thank you for the clarification, Earl -
And I'm more convinced than ever that the second caboose on the TRAINS trains of August 28 & 29, 1967, was #04343. Here's a close-up of it on the very last D&RGW revenue freight over Cumbres Pass, eastbound exactly a year later on 08/29/68:
Note the boards (headrests?) in the cupola of #04343 – clearly visible in this photo from 08/28/67 as well, in addition to the fascia lettering:
- Roosso
p.s. Here are a few more "moldie oldies" from 08/28/67. They may have been posted a couple of years ago, but I couldn't find them to set up a link:
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> Two cabooses were on the 'hospital' train of
> December 5, 1968, from Alamosa to Chama,
> and since #0503 was turned over to the C&TS
> in 1970 I'll presume it was the one that returned
> to Alamosa with engine #483 on December 6,
> while the other – most likely either #04343 or
> #0584 – continued on to Durango with engine
> #476 pulling #481 dead-in-train. IIRC, nearly
> all of the D&RGW cabeese were sold off after
> abandonment; SFAIK there's only one still in
> use in Durango and of course there's #0503
> on the C&TS.
Earl Wrote:
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> The second caboose on the Dec.5 train was
> 0505. It was a Durango-based caboose that
> came east with the National Parks Special
> and was being deadheaded home. The other
> caboose was for the regular crew and came
> back [to Alamosa] with #483.
Thank you for the clarification, Earl -
And I'm more convinced than ever that the second caboose on the TRAINS trains of August 28 & 29, 1967, was #04343. Here's a close-up of it on the very last D&RGW revenue freight over Cumbres Pass, eastbound exactly a year later on 08/29/68:
Note the boards (headrests?) in the cupola of #04343 – clearly visible in this photo from 08/28/67 as well, in addition to the fascia lettering:
- Roosso
p.s. Here are a few more "moldie oldies" from 08/28/67. They may have been posted a couple of years ago, but I couldn't find them to set up a link:
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