Re: Chasing 493 from Alamosa to Chama with Jeff and Ernie on December 5, 1967
| December 05, 2023 07:50PM |
493 has passed Estrella and its big transformer and is heading for La Jara
The train stopped for water at the small La Jara tank. The green pickup truck is a Rio Grande maintenance truck, perhaps with the water service.
Jeff caught engineer Eldon Morgan lay on a brisk departure from the Lava tank
I was on the other side of the track and caught the dramatic departure past the depot
493 was quickly back to a 25 mph pace for most of the rest of the way to Antonito
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2023 09:05AM by Olaf Rasmussen.
The train stopped for water at the small La Jara tank. The green pickup truck is a Rio Grande maintenance truck, perhaps with the water service.
Jeff caught engineer Eldon Morgan lay on a brisk departure from the Lava tank
I was on the other side of the track and caught the dramatic departure past the depot
493 was quickly back to a 25 mph pace for most of the rest of the way to Antonito
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2023 09:05AM by Olaf Rasmussen.
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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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