Re: Chasing the ng. for a long time
| February 04, 2019 02:22PM |
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Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> As John says it probably fits the who cares cate-
> gory. My first overnight stay in Durango was
> during 1956 in connection with Rocky Mountain
> Railroad Club excursion. I could not afford a
> room at the Strater so I stayed at another hotel
> a little farther up the street, the name of which I
> do not recall at present. Bathing facilities con-
> sisted of pitcher and bowl. Still, fond memories.
Dirk Ramsey Wrote:
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> Could it have been the Metropole? I stayed there
> during the 1966 Rocky trip. I think that it was $4
> per night.
hudsonut1 Wrote:
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> My first RMRRC trip was in 64 and I stayed at a
> hotel across the street from the depot where the
> parking lot is now, $2 per night! Bath down the
> hall. Almost missed the train back to Alamosa!
Maybe youse guys are all remembering the Savoy Hotel, IIRC a block south of the Strater:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2013 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
IIRC, I stayed there at least once, but I don't remember if it was on one of the Alamosa Kiwanis fall color excursions or on one of my trips between my parents' home in California and General Palmer's little college in Colorado Springs.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/18/2020 10:21PM by Russo Loco.
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> As John says it probably fits the who cares cate-
> gory. My first overnight stay in Durango was
> during 1956 in connection with Rocky Mountain
> Railroad Club excursion. I could not afford a
> room at the Strater so I stayed at another hotel
> a little farther up the street, the name of which I
> do not recall at present. Bathing facilities con-
> sisted of pitcher and bowl. Still, fond memories.
Dirk Ramsey Wrote:
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> Could it have been the Metropole? I stayed there
> during the 1966 Rocky trip. I think that it was $4
> per night.
hudsonut1 Wrote:
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> My first RMRRC trip was in 64 and I stayed at a
> hotel across the street from the depot where the
> parking lot is now, $2 per night! Bath down the
> hall. Almost missed the train back to Alamosa!
Maybe youse guys are all remembering the Savoy Hotel, IIRC a block south of the Strater:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2013 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
IIRC, I stayed there at least once, but I don't remember if it was on one of the Alamosa Kiwanis fall color excursions or on one of my trips between my parents' home in California and General Palmer's little college in Colorado Springs.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/18/2020 10:21PM by Russo Loco.
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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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