Re: Chasing 493 from Alamosa to Chama with Jeff and Ernie on December 5, 1967
| December 08, 2023 10:41AM |
The light was fading fast, but Ernie was able to get a sharp image of 497 crossing the trestle eastbound for the last time
My camera and film had a more challenging time with the fading light, but here is 497 crossing the highway with a long train of empty flats, Durango lumber loads, and a string of drop bottom gons. Not a great picture, but 497 would not pass this way eastbound again.
Jeff caught 497 on the crossing. Looks like I inadvertently walked into his picture.
497 was working hard coming up the grade
My camera and film had a more challenging time with the fading light, but here is 497 crossing the highway with a long train of empty flats, Durango lumber loads, and a string of drop bottom gons. Not a great picture, but 497 would not pass this way eastbound again.
Jeff caught 497 on the crossing. Looks like I inadvertently walked into his picture.
497 was working hard coming up the grade
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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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