Re: Leaky water tanks on the narrow gauge
| December 15, 2020 04:37PM |
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O-K, Olaf -
You shamed me into it. Here's a Phraud-O-Sepia version of Ernie's front-side photo of the last time the Chama water tower was used by the D&RGW —
early on the morning of December 6, 1968:
Photo copyright 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Upon checking my hi-res .tif scans of Ernie's negatives, I have found a genuine going-away (NOT stationary) subsequent shot, from which – to avoid accusations of favoritism – I have extracted a .jpg copy and posted it on Scott's going-away thread at [ngdiscussion.net].
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2020 12:02PM by Russo Loco.
You shamed me into it. Here's a Phraud-O-Sepia version of Ernie's front-side photo of the last time the Chama water tower was used by the D&RGW —
early on the morning of December 6, 1968:
Photo copyright 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Upon checking my hi-res .tif scans of Ernie's negatives, I have found a genuine going-away (NOT stationary) subsequent shot, from which – to avoid accusations of favoritism – I have extracted a .jpg copy and posted it on Scott's going-away thread at [ngdiscussion.net].
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2020 12:02PM by Russo Loco.
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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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