Re: 493 at Cumbres in a snowstorm at dusk

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> > Excellent! That person in the left foreground
> > looks like he is at a crew change, carrying his
> > grip and all. Of course that can't be the case,
>
> > so I wonder what his story was.
>
> I was wondering the same thing. Possible
> scenarios
>
> (1) This is the second Cumbres turn, and the first
> turn still has a caboose up ahead in the siding.
> The caboose behind 493 might have a helper with
> it, and the helper would turn and return to Chama
> with that caboose. So on the first turn they had
> 2 cabooses, and one was left on the end of the
> first turn, so that it would make switching easier
> when this second arrived. So he is pulling his
> stuff off the caboose heading for the caboose in
> the Cumbres Siding which is maybe just ahead out
> of view.
>
> (2) Maybe they were dropping off a crew member
> from Chama since someone was running out of time.
>
> (3) Maybe without more info I have no clue!
> Greg

This situation was addressed during my posts of January 2019 under title :"Stormy Cumbres Pass Turns November 23 1966".

Jimmy.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2022 09:12PM by Chris Webster.