Re: Mystery location
| July 18, 2021 07:26AM |
Wayne Hills Wrote:
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> This is a mystery location. Obviously there has
> been a meet between two trains, presumably the
> "San Juan", which the photographer took the photo
> from, and a freight going in the opposite
> direction with a coach next to the caboose. There
> is a station sign at the far end of the passing
> track, but the negative has motion in it, so I
> can't make it out. Anybody got any idea where
> this was? The caboose appears to be 0517 and the
> coach is in the 280's.
> Best regards,
> Wayne Hills
Seems the Station sign migrated to the phone booth. This is Lava siding in 1950.
William
aka drgwk37
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> [attachment 76349 DRGW-0517-on-wb-WDH.jpg]
> [attachment 76350 23-DRGW-0517-on-wb-crop.jpg]
> This is a mystery location. Obviously there has
> been a meet between two trains, presumably the
> "San Juan", which the photographer took the photo
> from, and a freight going in the opposite
> direction with a coach next to the caboose. There
> is a station sign at the far end of the passing
> track, but the negative has motion in it, so I
> can't make it out. Anybody got any idea where
> this was? The caboose appears to be 0517 and the
> coach is in the 280's.
> Best regards,
> Wayne Hills
Seems the Station sign migrated to the phone booth. This is Lava siding in 1950.
William
aka drgwk37
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