Re: Progress at Weed City . . . 
| April 13, 2021 11:55AM |
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Actually, Ian -
Progress pre-dates Weed City by about three years, having been built in September, 1968 for the movie 'The Good Guys and the Bad Guys' (for which #483 received the notorious "Scarlet Harlot" makeup discussed recently on Dan Markoff's "Movie Making" thread). Here's the depot at Progress as photographed by Ernie Robart on 09/29/68 — exactly one month after the D&RGW ran its very last eastbound freight over Cumbres Pass:
IIRC there was a water tank built at that time as well, though perhaps not until Progress became Weed City in 1971.* This tank was later rebuilt and/or modified for subsequent films.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* IMHO these are great names considering that New Mexico has finally made some Progress in legalizing Weed (though probably to the detriment of narco-tourism in southern Colorado) . . .
Progress pre-dates Weed City by about three years, having been built in September, 1968 for the movie 'The Good Guys and the Bad Guys' (for which #483 received the notorious "Scarlet Harlot" makeup discussed recently on Dan Markoff's "Movie Making" thread). Here's the depot at Progress as photographed by Ernie Robart on 09/29/68 — exactly one month after the D&RGW ran its very last eastbound freight over Cumbres Pass:
IIRC there was a water tank built at that time as well, though perhaps not until Progress became Weed City in 1971.* This tank was later rebuilt and/or modified for subsequent films.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* IMHO these are great names considering that New Mexico has finally made some Progress in legalizing Weed (though probably to the detriment of narco-tourism in southern Colorado) . . .
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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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