Re: Chasing 493 from Alamosa to Chama with Jeff and Ernie on December 5, 1967
| December 08, 2023 09:47AM |
Jeff caught this beautiful shot below Lake Lobato. Today this scene is very different with the elevated highway and the expanded aspen groves.
We met up again at the road crossing where 493 was blowing the whistle for the non-existing traffic.
We drove to the Chama depot and to our pleasant surprise found the yard to be empty, indicating that the freight from Durango was still out on the line. Off we went to the west, looking for smoke signals. We finally found 497 just leaving the Monero tank and working up the 2 percent grade into the canyon.
We met up again at the road crossing where 493 was blowing the whistle for the non-existing traffic.
We drove to the Chama depot and to our pleasant surprise found the yard to be empty, indicating that the freight from Durango was still out on the line. Off we went to the west, looking for smoke signals. We finally found 497 just leaving the Monero tank and working up the 2 percent grade into the canyon.
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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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