Re: D&RGW: Taking Water - and Movies - at Sublette . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> '75 it was, Tank -
>
> But not a special.  I'm not sure how often
> they were run, but IIRC #19 pulled these short
> trains from Cumbres Pass to Sublette (or Big
> Horn?) several times each week that year, at least
> in August and September.  I couldn't find the
> post just now, but I vaguely remember a former
> C&TS employee stating that these highly-profitable
> trips made the difference between a losing and a
> winning season that year.

These must have been very close to the last run of 483 as it was set aside in 1975 with the bad firebox and never used again, a bit sad to see.

Rich Braden is the engineer, but I don't recognize the fireman.

I was not involved in the Pineapple trains, but I doubt they ran all the way to Big Horn to use the wye—they could run the 19 around to the other end of the train at any siding. What is odd is the lack of any passenger boxes, there is only the rider gon. It is full of passengers but there is no easy way for them to get in, and there aren't any amenities. This looks really unsafe and unpleasant, which is why I wondered if it was a special.