Re: Corrected blast from the C&TS past: '71 ops & '72 brochure + links to photos

Tank =OR= Earl =OR= drgw0579 Wrote:
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> > > In 1971 the format was to run the train from
> > > one end of the railroad for a few weeks, then
> > > run across to the other end & run trains from
> > > that end for a few weeks, then swap back.

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> > If so, one of the swaps from Chama to Antonito
> > took place on Labor Day Weekend -
> >
> > When two friends and I were camped at Osier
> > for a couple of nights.  The first day we were
> > there #483 (with numbered cab and unlettered
> > tender) ran through eastbound and the second
> > day she ran through westbound —
> > see [ngdiscussion.net] for pics.

Tank Smith Wrote:
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> . . . according to the printed 1971 schedule /
> poster, the Chama-Antonito thru run would have
> been Sunday Sept 5th.  The next day, Labor Day
> Monday, they ran an Antonito-Cumbres turn.


Thank You for the correction, Tank -

When I wrote the old post linked to above nearly 11 years ago – and more than 39 years after the photos were taken – my fading memory had slipped the dates by a day; they have now been updated.  (No pun intended, but if it had been the other way 'round I'd have had to say 'downdated' . . . )

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



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2021 12:40PM by Russo Loco.