Re: Mystery Photo

Earl Wrote:
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> Well, this is really quite interesting. I'd love
> to know why the B-7 was spurred out onto a
> specially laid piece of track in the middle of
> no-man's-land in the Chama Yard. It is set up for
> a somewhat long term stay. They have hooked up
> power, installed a nice night time lamp to light
> up the platform area and made a nice sign
> informing the public that this in not a place for
> you to enter. I don't see any evidence of a
> telegraph line hook up. It is parked under a
> power line, but the telegraph lines appear
> overhead in the top of the picture.
>
> They went to a bit of work to set the B7 up like
> this. They had to have some reason to set off the
> track out in the middle what is now the parking
> lot. They obviously intended to leave it there
> for a while, and wanted it away from the track.
>
> Kinda wierd....

Also, note the extended smoke jack. Must have been for a specific reason and would be neat to figure out what that was. The sign on the platform appears to read "For Railroad Employees Only". Cleary some type of office. Interesting photo for sure, hope we can learn more. Thanks for sharing Wayne.

William
aka drgwk37