Re: 493 vintage film

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> William, if you go back through the archives this
> was posted before. I remember seeing it. There
> are three parts by the same guy. I contacted
> someone who contacted them about using the
> footage, but no dice. I know my transfer guy
> could make the stuff look much better. I also can
> tell the footage is running at about 10-20% too
> fast from what it should be. A better transfer
> would fix that, sharpness, and colors. It is
> nicely shot footage. Now to the other question.
> What is the actual date. You said the beginning
> of the last freight run. That isn't quite right,
> cause the last run was with 483 and 484, the one
> Russ Sperry shot. I think there were 5 complete
> trips in 1968, and 493 was only used 2 or 3 runs.
> Would have to look up my notes.
> It is possible this was the June 4th run, and
> the one we chased on June 5th had this same pair
> with the empties brought over from Durango by 498.
> We shot 498 departing Chama that morning. If you
> have our Last Steam Freights 1968 there is a train
> departing Chama on June 5th, and it would be the
> same consist as shown in the above video, if in
> fact it is run on that date. If not check other
> dates in the video that were shot by Ernie Robert,
> and you could probably nail down the exact date of
> the video clip above!!!
> If it was June 4th, 1968 it would have been the
> first run to Chama on freight that was other than
> the pair of K-28's in the so-called Mad Dash that
> ran doubleheader to Chama.
> Greg

Greg

This would be the last time a Cumbres turn was run, or multiple trips from Chama to Cumbres before the final train was run to Alamosa. The last freight your referring to did not perform a Cumbres turn but ran a two engine train up Cumbres and then on to Alamosa.

William
aka drgwk37