Re: 15(?)-car narrow gauge passenger train - 1966
| September 28, 2022 10:41PM |
Thanks for posting the photos of the last Kiwanis Kolor Karavan. I couldn't swing the 3-day trip, but did manage to ride the Mormon Alamosa-Cumbres-Alamosa excursion behind 487 the weekend before (September 24, 1966). The passengers were mostly regular people, not railfans, and when the Rio Grande staged some runbys, many passengers were not sure what to make of it, and stayed in the coaches. So there were some pretty small runby crowds, as here about a mile west of Toltec Tunnel.
The man in the suit at lower right is trainmaster Hubert Meek in charge of the excursion
The man in the suit at lower right is trainmaster Hubert Meek in charge of the excursion
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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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