Re: C&TSRR: #19 Not Taking Water at Cumbres in '75 . . .

Tank Smith Wrote:
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> 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's 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.

Earl Wrote:
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> I didn't think they did it 1975, but by 1976 a "2nd
> section" train had been created using the open
> gon from the Tahoe, Trout Creek & Pacific (flat
> 6205 still used on freight charters), and a few
> boxcars which had been opened up on the south
> side only.


Tank, Earl et al -

Here is a "snappier" version of a previously-posted photo of the September '75 train pictured above at Sublette departing Cumbres earlier in the day:


I am quite sure the above was taken in 1975, not 1976, as I was in Colorado Springs that year chasing the American Freedom Train, and took a brief side trip to Chama before heading east to Omaha.  See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq, especially [ngdiscussion.net], for further information.)

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

p.s.  Note the condition of the snow-shed behind the train.  Other than the addition of a few braces, it was still pretty much intact in 1975!



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2021 07:39PM by Russo Loco.