Re: 55 years ago today, Dec 5, 1967, Extra 493 heading west from Alamosa
| December 05, 2022 03:44PM |
John Bush Wrote:
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> It is interesting that the train has two cabooses.
> I guess that they ran two cabooses to provide a
> prototype for later charters that would occur on
> the C&TS.
>
> Tongue firmly in cheek.
>
> John Bush
Well played!
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> It is interesting that the train has two cabooses.
> I guess that they ran two cabooses to provide a
> prototype for later charters that would occur on
> the C&TS.
>
> Tongue firmly in cheek.
>
> John Bush
Well played!
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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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