Re: Stormy Cumbres turns November 23, 1966
| January 12, 2019 04:39PM |
Re: Comments/questions:
Two cabooses: In addition to maintenance workers as posted by Jimmy Blouch, it was also my impression that in the winter time when the dirt road over Cumbres was impassable, that the two Alamosa hostlers who serviced the engines in Chama rode a caboose to and from Chama. Perhaps Jimmy Blouch can verify. Here is another winter train a year later with two cabooses.
Greg Scholls idea that a winter caboose ride would have been great: When a ride on the cushions was not offered, there was always Plan B : wood class
above Dalton, January 31, 1964
wood class offered excellent scenic views, although heating was lacking on the following photos of November 22, 1967. I will cover these events on future postings
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2019 08:54PM by Olaf Rasmussen.
Two cabooses: In addition to maintenance workers as posted by Jimmy Blouch, it was also my impression that in the winter time when the dirt road over Cumbres was impassable, that the two Alamosa hostlers who serviced the engines in Chama rode a caboose to and from Chama. Perhaps Jimmy Blouch can verify. Here is another winter train a year later with two cabooses.
Greg Scholls idea that a winter caboose ride would have been great: When a ride on the cushions was not offered, there was always Plan B : wood class
above Dalton, January 31, 1964
wood class offered excellent scenic views, although heating was lacking on the following photos of November 22, 1967. I will cover these events on future postings
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2019 08:54PM by Olaf Rasmussen.
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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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