Re: Watermelon time on the narrow gauge - Guatemala 1971
| February 10, 2023 02:09AM |
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Back in June 2020 I bought a video I'd heard of called Steam Around The World- The Latin American Archives to see if by chance I would get a glimpse of the former SVRy 2-6-6-2s in action.
I found what may be the only motion picture of #251 since the days of work on the Uintah Railway but sadly, it is 1971 and she sits beside the track awaiting the torch in a 30 second shot at about the 32 minute mark. Joy and great sadness at once. Here is a screenshot off my old laptop.
Edit: lightened the photo a bit.
Russell Courtenay
Idaho, USA
I found what may be the only motion picture of #251 since the days of work on the Uintah Railway but sadly, it is 1971 and she sits beside the track awaiting the torch in a 30 second shot at about the 32 minute mark. Joy and great sadness at once. Here is a screenshot off my old laptop.
Edit: lightened the photo a bit.
Russell Courtenay
Idaho, USA
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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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