Re: Non-Fuzzy Durango in 1965, '67 and '68

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Interesting, Jim -
>
> Compare your third photo to three by John West
> from a similar angle –
>     1965:
> [chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
> ories/Rio-Grande-Narrow-Gauge-in-the/Durango-and-i
> ts-branches/i-mrctvZ3/A
>     1967:
> [chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
> ories/Rio-Grande-Narrow-Gauge-in-the/Durango-and-i
> ts-branches/i-9xKBwfr/A *
>     1968:
> [chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
> ories/Rio-Grande-Narrow-Gauge-in-the/Durango-and-i
> ts-branches/i-XztbmXN/A
>
> - Roosso
>
> *  I believe the date in the caption for this
> photo is off by one year, as the water tower was
> still there when I was in Durango in mid-August of
> 1966:
> [attachment 45784 660814-15.jpg]
>
> IIRC it was also still standing on October 2,
> 1966, when the last three-day Kolor Karavan
> excursion departed from Durango toward Alamosa.

A couple of notable differences. #1: The wind wasn't blowing the tailings around when John West took his. #2: I was a kid with a box camera, John had a real camera and the knowledge of how to use it! Paging through the old photo album has sure brought memories back to me though! But thanks for showing interest in a kids snapshots. My mom was driving the first time we traveled over Wolf Creek to Durango and I remember how excited I was when we crossed the NARROW GAUGE crossing East of Durango! My eyes followed the tracks all the way into town.