Hi, all -
Though not as spectacular as the line east from Chama – at least as far as Lava Tank or "Hangman's" Trestle – the line west to Durango offers a good variety of rural scenery and several sidings serving small businesses not found between Chama and Antonito or between Durango and Silverton. In addition to the 3½ dozen excellent photos on John West's site (see his post above for a link), we are fortunate that Ernie Robart, Olaf Rasmussen and Tom Gildersleeve all chased trains and took photos on the west end of the San Juan Extension. Olaf has posted a few of his recently, so a search by author name and 'Last Year' should locate several. Tom gave me one of his old stand-alone backup drives a few years ago; I'll post some of his in the next day or two, or you can look through the huge collection that he donated to The Friends of the C&TS at [
ngtrainpics.photoshelter.com]. Ernie also donated his collection to The Friends – see [
ngtrainpics.photoshelter.com] for his 1965, '66 and '67 photos. He also took numerous photos during 1968, most of which were scanned two years ago, and many of them posted here. See [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq for Ernie's "Mad Dash" photos taken west of Chama, [
ngdiscussion.net] and [
ngdiscussion.net] for photos of the line from Monero to Chama in mid-July, and the thread starting at [
ngdiscussion.net] that includes several photos west of Chama in its coverage from Alamosa to Durango of the last revenue freights on the D&RGW
Narrow Gauge. Finally, there are several "west end" photos in Ernie's coverage of the 'National Park Special" on Nov. 23, 1968 that starts at [
ngdiscussion.net], and several more of the very last train between Chama and Durango at [
ngdiscussion.net]
et seq.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2021 03:05PM by Russo Loco.
