Re: Heading East from Durango . . .
| January 07, 2021 01:32PM |
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A few more from Tom Gildersleeve –
After climbing Bocea Hill the line crossed Highway 160 again, and then passed through Falfa on its way east:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
A few miles farther on, the October 20, 1962 train paused at Oxford to set out several stock cars needed for the fall "rush":
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and later passed through the village of Allison:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
. . . before reaching the relocated stretch between Arboles and Gato:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
Gato, aka Pagosa Junction in the 'Olden Days', was covered extensively not long ago — see the thread starting at [ngdiscussion.net] for more information and several photos.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
After climbing Bocea Hill the line crossed Highway 160 again, and then passed through Falfa on its way east:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
A few miles farther on, the October 20, 1962 train paused at Oxford to set out several stock cars needed for the fall "rush":
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and later passed through the village of Allison:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
. . . before reaching the relocated stretch between Arboles and Gato:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2015 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
Gato, aka Pagosa Junction in the 'Olden Days', was covered extensively not long ago — see the thread starting at [ngdiscussion.net] for more information and several photos.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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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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