Re: C&TS 1990s Part 4 - More Pics, and Questions . . .

Earl Wrote:
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> Yes, the passenger cars stayed at heir original
> terminals. Engines worked end to end and
> returned.
>
> You're off by one day . . .
>
> The train with 497 helping 487 was on Sunday,
> September 22. However, 497 did not go through
> to Antonito, I ran it on to Osier to relieve bad-
> ordered westbound 488, and bring #3 back. It
> was the only day 497 got east of Cumbres until
> maybe the 25th (eastbound) & 26th (westbound).
> Chances are pretty good that is 497 with yours
> truly (and Mark Yates firing) making a smokey
> departure from Los Pinos Tank.


Thank You for the details of an interesting story, Earl -

But now I'm wondering about the first shot above, #497 at Ferguson's (aka Hangman's) trestle.  It's six frames AHEAD on the same roll of film as the Los Pinos shot posted second, but you say it couldn't have been taken on the same day if the second one was on the day you relieved #488.  I don't remember hanging around the C&TS 'til the 26th that year, but might have . . .   Did you work Chama-Osier-Chama on the 26th, taking over #497 westbound?

Anyway, I kinda thought that might be you at the throttle in the second photo, above, whether it's the 22nd or the 26th.  Here's a pixel-for-pixel crop of the large scan done several years ago on my old CanoScan flatbed, not sharp enough to tell if that's you in your Derby.  Obviously, I need to dig out the original and re-scan it on the MUCH sharper Nikon 9000:


- Roosso