Re: Chasing 493 from Alamosa to Chama with Jeff and Ernie on December 5, 1967

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> 493 has passed Estrella and its big transformer
> and is heading for La Jara
>
> [attachment 91958 ALA-ANT-1.jpg]
>
> 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.
> Until a couple of days ago I didn't know that the
> Lava tank "liner" is actually the re-purposed La
> Jara tank.
>
> [attachment 91959 ALA-LAJARA-1.jpg]
>
> Jeff caught engineer Eldon Morgan lay on a brisk
> departure from the Lava tank
>
> [attachment 91960 ALA-LAJARA_2.jpg]
>
> I was on the other side of the track and caught
> the dramatic departure past the depot
>
> [attachment 91961 ALA-LAJARA-3.jpg]
>
> 493 was quickly back to a 25 mph pace for most of
> the rest of the way to Antonito
>
> [attachment 91962 ALA-ANT-14.jpg]


Where did you get the info that the La Jara Tank was repurposed to Lava? I have a pic of it still intact at La Jara in 1975, some 3-4 years after the Lava Tank was "rebuilt" from the fire. I think it remained in La Jara until about 1982.