"Third Time's a Charm", so they say -
Here's a super-sharp shot of the Antonito coal loader, as captured by Ernie Robart on May 23, 1968 – "opening day" of the last season of freight service over Cumbres Pass on the D&RGW's San Juan Extension
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Photos copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
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Roosso
p.s. For color photos of this unique K-28 powered Alamosa-to-Durango-in-One-Day freight that John West has nicknamed 'The Mad Dash', see his album at [
chasingtrains.smugmug.com]. For a selection of Ernie Robart's 215-image b&w coverage, see the NGDF thread beginning with [
ngdiscussion.net].
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2018 02:50PM by Russo Loco.