Re: Riding and Chasing the 1966 RMRRC Alamosa-Silverton Excursion
| January 17, 2024 11:40PM |
Continuing the runby at Gato
Just beyond Navajo the train is rounding the shoofly built after this huge rock tumbled down the mountainside onto the track. Luckily 492 received only minor damage when it hit the rock on
August 6, 1963.As a result 492 now sports part of 490's smokebox, the headlight and the smokebox front.
Approaching Chama, the train is crossing the Willow Creek bridge
In Chama 487 was waiting to doublehead with 483 to Cumbres. 487 had come light engine from Alamosa for helper service
Just beyond Navajo the train is rounding the shoofly built after this huge rock tumbled down the mountainside onto the track. Luckily 492 received only minor damage when it hit the rock on
August 6, 1963.As a result 492 now sports part of 490's smokebox, the headlight and the smokebox front.
Approaching Chama, the train is crossing the Willow Creek bridge
In Chama 487 was waiting to doublehead with 483 to Cumbres. 487 had come light engine from Alamosa for helper service
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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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