Re: 55 years ago today, Dec 5, 1967, Extra 493 heading west from Alamosa
| December 07, 2022 01:39PM |
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Beautiful, Olaf -
Lots of condensing steam from both stack and whistle on that obviously very cold morning! Also, IMHO, you were a bit better than your traveling companion in catching those narrow gauge locomotives "Between the poles and not behind them . . . " on the three-rail stretch from Alamosa to Antonito.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/2022 01:43PM by Russo Loco.
Lots of condensing steam from both stack and whistle on that obviously very cold morning! Also, IMHO, you were a bit better than your traveling companion in catching those narrow gauge locomotives "Between the poles and not behind them . . . " on the three-rail stretch from Alamosa to Antonito.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/2022 01:43PM by Russo Loco.
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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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