cdaspit Wrote:
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> Regarding your Sept 1975 shot - I have an al-
> most exact same photo taken by my dad from
> the train - likely on the same day judging by the
> clothing worn by the passengers (mainly the
> person wearing the red jacket near the front
> of the train.  My brother went with him (he's 5
> years older than me).  I was only 4 at the time
> so wasn't on this trip.  My dad used to have an
> audio recording of the trip on an old 8 track –
> it's long gone now – stolen from his car back
> in the 80s.


IIRC, it was the same weekend that the American Freedom Train was on display in Colorado Springs.  It had arrived from Omaha behind two BN diseasels – see [ngdiscussion.net] – so I headed for Chama to get a long-overdue steam fix . . .