Re: First C&TS train to Chama, Highway 17 pt2 (1970)
| September 25, 2020 08:44AM |
A few more images of the highway crossing, here the bad rail has been removed and everyone is waiting for the replacement to arrive after being dragged through town from the back of a pickup truck (I’ve never seen any photos of this event):
The shadows are quite long now and the Kodachrome images are getting grainy. With the new rail installed, the crew is hopping aboard the front-end tourist car, aka drop-bottom gon #700 loaded with gravel:
Finally Ben Greathouse eases the outfit across the highway:
Next: the party in Chama.
The shadows are quite long now and the Kodachrome images are getting grainy. With the new rail installed, the crew is hopping aboard the front-end tourist car, aka drop-bottom gon #700 loaded with gravel:
Finally Ben Greathouse eases the outfit across the highway:
Next: the party in Chama.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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