Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> After my third posting above showing 497 on the
> morning Cumbres turn, I checked my negative strips
> and found that the 497-487 Cumbres turn left
> before the westbound train, and I followed the
> turn to Lobato before chasing the westbound, as
> shown below. When I was at the California RR
> museum 10 days ago before my ill-fated Amtrak
> trip, I bought a copy of Victor Hand's fabulous
> book
> "A Steam Odyssey", and there on plate 30 is 497
> approaching Lava tank on the morning of October 3,
> 1967. So without realizing it, I was in the
> company of one of railfan photography's masters,
> but I assume he continued east, chasing the two
> Cumbres turns that day.
>
> [attachment 53398 scan0022.jpg]


I have a sound recording of the first turn, neat seeing the pics and putting a "face" to the sounds!!

William
aka drgwk37



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2019 07:57AM by drgwk37.