Re: Riding behind 493 - 54 years ago yesterday, 11-22-67 . . .

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Having been requested to substitute the 8 mm
> movie frames depicting riders on a narrow gauge
> freight train with some (equally low res) chasing
> movie frames taken earlier on November 21-22,
> 1967, here is 493 on an Alamosa - Chama turn.
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> 493 crossing Ferguson's trestle on November 21
> and continuing upgrade through the sagebrush:
> [attachment 79584 SnapShot1732.jpg]
> [attachment 79585 SnapShot1718.jpg]


Just one question, Olaf -

The second of the photos posted above appears to have been taken where an old "road" to the Big Horn section house crosses the tracks at roughly m.p. 287.5.  If so, did your clip continue on to show #493 crossing the low trestle located just south of the crossing until it was replaced by an uhg-yooly corrugated culvert in April or early May of 2010?   (See last photo on [ngdiscussion.net].)

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

p.s.  The location described above was the proposed site for the village of Trolleisen, where the notorious troll JéBêWèX had his/its summer quarters under the trestle while waiting to capture any antelopes or mountain goats that happened across.  I assume you were able to approach the crossing in the same dark blue VW Beetle that has been featured several times in photos here on the phorum.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2021 12:59PM by Russo Loco.