Re: Durango yard ash pit

Floppo Wrote:
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> Photo taken by and courtesy of Ernie Robart:
> [attachment 83633 680830a08.jpg]


Here's another shot from Ernie, taken the day before the one posted by Floppo -

#483 over the ashpit on 08/29/68 after arriving from Chama with the last trainload of oilfield supplies en route to Farmington:

Photo copyright 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.


Earl Wrote:
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> So, I'd guess the present fence is now about
> halfway between the diamond and north edge
> of the ashpit.


But . . .   But . . .  Earl -

Wouldn't that put a portion of the loop shown in the photo posted by Floppo up in the air over the northbound (highway west) lanes of U.S. 160?   Was that loop later replaced by one of smaller radius and closer to the roundhouse??

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