Re: Looks to be 473 in disguise

Yes, Matt -

It is indeed D&RGW #473 disguised as Union Pacific #478, but as to why the numbers were swapped I have no idea.  "U.P. #478" ran light from Chama to Alamosa on October 10, IIRC, and was the last locomotive to be shopped in Alamosa.  On December 5, 1968, D&RGW #473, with #483 as her helper, pulled #481 dead-in-train and several carloads of parts – along with the Silverton Train equipment used for the Natl. Park Service Special in November and two cabeese – from Alamosa to Chama.  The following day #473 continued on to Durango with this 'Hospital Train', while #483 and one caboose returned to Alamosa — the very last D&RGW operation over Cumbres Pass.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



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