Re: The Pens at Osier (& more poles for Johnny Coal)
| May 04, 2018 05:40PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> Too bad we forgot the ramp that goes between the
> chute and the car being loaded (as the Brits would
> say "mind the gap"). If they rebuild the pens
> maybe we can celebrate the occasion by actually
> loading some cattle . . . or sheep . . . or maybe
> herd the fans.
Now you're talking, John!
Maybe a chance to prove "the prod is mightier than the pen"?
It's interesting to compare those 2011 shots with your 1964 photo at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] and with this 1970 shot by Ernie Robart:
Photo Copyright 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Per Ernie's chapter in Terry Ross' book, on Sept. 27, 1970, #487 was hauled from Antonito to Chama – so that must be her in the above photo.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Too bad we forgot the ramp that goes between the
> chute and the car being loaded (as the Brits would
> say "mind the gap"). If they rebuild the pens
> maybe we can celebrate the occasion by actually
> loading some cattle . . . or sheep . . . or maybe
> herd the fans.
Now you're talking, John!
Maybe a chance to prove "the prod is mightier than the pen"?
It's interesting to compare those 2011 shots with your 1964 photo at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] and with this 1970 shot by Ernie Robart:
Photo Copyright 1970, 2005 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Per Ernie's chapter in Terry Ross' book, on Sept. 27, 1970, #487 was hauled from Antonito to Chama – so that must be her in the above photo.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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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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