Extra 20/455 West at Furgeson's Trestle
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After nearly 2 weeks on the road and working on the Eureka's crew, I'm a pretty whipped puppy.
Before hitting the road for home (Phoenix) yesterday, we wandered out to Furgeson's Trestle to catch RGS 20 first "revenue" freight operation since November 30, 1951 when it brought the last string of cars the D&RGW was sending south from Montrose and the soon-to-be-isolated Ouray branch to Durango. It was a fitting highlight to a great two weeks.
Before hitting the road for home (Phoenix) yesterday, we wandered out to Furgeson's Trestle to catch RGS 20 first "revenue" freight operation since November 30, 1951 when it brought the last string of cars the D&RGW was sending south from Montrose and the soon-to-be-isolated Ouray branch to Durango. It was a fitting highlight to a great two weeks.
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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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