Re: Scrapping the D&RGW somewhere west of Chama . . .

craig Wrote:
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> . . .  My interest in where the La Boca tank went
> has to do with my interest in the area including
> the tank and remaining bridges still in use.  I first
> visited the area in 1970 or '71 when my Dad and
> I explored what was an abandoned railroad with
> rails still in place.  There was a scrapper just
> east of Monero removing rails with what looked
> like a 1940's era yellow colored 3-axle Dodge
> ex-military vehicle turned into a crane.


That would have been during the Fall of 1970, Craig -

Here's one of Ernie Robart's photos from late September that year, showing what could have happened between Antonito and Chama:

Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.

The truck looks to me a bit newer than WWII, though.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2019 10:52AM by Russo Loco.