Re: Sometimes working NG, Sometime working SG D&RGW #633
| May 25, 2019 12:29AM |
|
Montrose didn't have that many tracks. Nor did Antonito.
Salida's narrow gauge rail was to the West (alongside the Arkansas R.) as the picture in question has the ng rail on the right then IF it is Salida then it could only be taken at the East Yard below the Roundhouse's BUT the left hand side of the picture should show rising ground and the Barrel Transfer in the background. The West Yard was mainly sg rail but with a 3rail yard leg to service the Shop sidings. Most photos show the Salida switcher facing Leadville. It cannot be the Salida transfer yard alongside the River since the ng rail would be on the riverside not that of the Tenderfoot hill.
Which is why my money is on Alamosa, most photos show the Switchers pointing East,
Bob Richardson photo [digital.denverlibrary.org]
you could be thinking this JOHN WEST view would help match but if the photographer was standing on the right side of the yard leg and facing West (opposite to this view) then the rail orientation will match.
Why John, did you not turn around and take this picture in the other direction...
?
[chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
Salida's narrow gauge rail was to the West (alongside the Arkansas R.) as the picture in question has the ng rail on the right then IF it is Salida then it could only be taken at the East Yard below the Roundhouse's BUT the left hand side of the picture should show rising ground and the Barrel Transfer in the background. The West Yard was mainly sg rail but with a 3rail yard leg to service the Shop sidings. Most photos show the Salida switcher facing Leadville. It cannot be the Salida transfer yard alongside the River since the ng rail would be on the riverside not that of the Tenderfoot hill.
Which is why my money is on Alamosa, most photos show the Switchers pointing East,
Bob Richardson photo [digital.denverlibrary.org]
you could be thinking this JOHN WEST view would help match but if the photographer was standing on the right side of the yard leg and facing West (opposite to this view) then the rail orientation will match.
Why John, did you not turn around and take this picture in the other direction...
?[chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.