Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> PS Anyone ever hike down to Cresco in the old
> days before that [new] road was built? The climb
> down was slippery, but the climb back up was a
> killer. One of my favorite places, though!
I did it at least once – and in a big hurry, too -
But I was only about 1/3 as old as I am today. Living up to the D&RGW/C&TS slogan,
"Through The Weeds, Not Around Them", here's #498 (and #484) with the very last revenue freight over Cumbres Pass – 08/29/68
:
The above ended up on the
Trains magazine cutting room floor
; this one didn't even make it that far
:
While Roger Callender and I were crashing through the brush getting down from the old road to Cresco Tank, an even younger and more agile Ernie Robart was making his way down to a cliff overlooking Hamilton's Point
:
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2003 by Ernest W. Robart – All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/07/2018 05:34PM by Russo Loco.