December 16, 2020 11:42AM
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Here's another 'going away' shot from Ernie Robart, "stolen" from [
ngdiscussion.net] on Olaf's 'Leaky Tanks' thread -
Several months later, on the morning of December 6, 1968 — the last day of D&RGW operations that year, which had begun with the break-in run pictured above.
Photo copyright 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
#483 has left the water tower and is about to head south to the wye; after being turned she will head home to Alamosa with two cabeese — one for the train crew and one for the engine crew of #473, the road engine for yesterday's run over Cumbres Pass. #473 will continue on to Durango with a "west end" crew and the 'hospital train' that included locomotive #481, freshly shopped and intended for eventual use on the Silverton Branch. This was the very last day of D&RGW operations between Alamosa and Durango. For more of Ernie's photos from December 5th & 6th, 1968 – including quite a few 'going away' shots – see [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. Between the K-28 break-in run on April 23 and the final D&RGW trains over Cumbres Pass on December 5th and 6th, Ernie caught several additional days of freight action on the San Juan Extension. All of the following threads featuring his photos include at least a few 'going-away' shots
:
05/28 - #476 & #478 23-car freight Alamosa to Durango. (
aka "The "Mad Dash" - see [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq for Ernie's photos, and [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq for additional information.)
07/17 - #483 & #493 25-car freight Alamosa to Chama; #498 11-car freight Durango to Chama.
07/18 (am) - #483 & #493 19 cars Chama to Cumbres (am), #483 & #493 11 cars Chama to Cumbres (last "Cumbres Turn" operated by D&RGW),
07/18 (pm) - #483 & #493 30 cars Cumbres to Alamosa; #498 25 cars Chama to Durango. (For July 17-18 pics see [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq.)
08/28 - #483 & #484 17 cars oilfield supplies + two flats wallboard Alamosa to Chama; #498 14 pipe gons & 14 idler cars Durango to Gato; 14 loads lumber, 7 pipe gons & 7 idler cars Gato to Chama.
08/29 - #483 19-car freight Chama to Durango; #498 & #484 14-car freight Chama to Alamosa, added tool car & flat w/ dozer at Toltec (last revenue freight over Cumbres - see [
ngdiscussion.net]);
08/31 - #483 19 cars to Aztec & Farmington,
?? cars back to Carbon Junction (last revenue freight on D&RGW narrow gauge, see [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq.)
pps. Another link, to a moldy-oldie of my own that I had forgotten about – Rich Braden and Jim Shawcroft, running #483 and #484 respectively, pull away from Lobato Trestle with the 'Toltec Rattler' on 10/22/72 – see [
ngdiscussion.net].
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2020 04:56PM by Russo Loco.
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