November 23, 2018 10:16AM
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Hello again -
It's a gorgeous fall day here in Ventura, and my dogs are wanting to spend it outside in the park next door, but today and tomorrow are the fiftieth anniversary of a significant event on the D&RGW narrow gauge,* and duty calls
. . . Although I was privileged to ride four of the three-day Alamosa to Silverton to Alamosa excursions back in the early and mid 1960s, I'm not familiar with all of the many landmarks along the Chama-Durango section of the San Juan Extension of the D&RGW, so I'll post Ernie's photos with only minimal comments and my best guesses as to locations. Hopefully those of you with more extensive knowledge of the line will post corrections as we go along — that's one of the reasons for making several posts with a few photos each, rather than one long photo story such as Mr. Barry's excellent WW&F post at [
ngdiscussion.net].
This first set was taken just east of Durango, as the NPS Special climbed Bocea Hill and then crossed highway 160
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Photos copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
I presume the first one here is the siding at the top of the hill at Falfa. SFAIK, the pipe gons left there during the summer of 1968 were never recovered by the RR, and were scrapped
in situ when the line was torn up a couple of years later. The second one is a mile or two farther east
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Photos copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Among the many places where the special stopped along the line to allow Park Service officials to inspect the railroad's facilities was Florida Tank
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Photos copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
(To be continued.)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* How's the weather in Chama this weekend? Would today (or tomorrow) have been a good day to re-enact the Chama to Antonito portion of the NPS Special??
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