58 years ago today - 493 and 483 heading out of Alamosa with the last flanger spreader run
| January 25, 2024 10:55PM |
About 7 am this morning I checked our outdoor temperature gauge: 28 degrees - how appropriate for this day! 58 years ago on this day, January 25, it was also 28 degrees, the only difference being a minus sign: -28 degrees F in Alamosa that morning. So I thought I'd post a few shots from the early part of that day.
The hostlers had the cab curtains of 483 tightly snugged up as the engine waited for the road crew to take 483 and 493 on the last flanger & spreader run to Chama
The two engines departed Alamosa with a massive mile-long steam plume that drifted across the highway and reduced visibility to zero for road traffic
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2024 10:59PM by Olaf Rasmussen.
The hostlers had the cab curtains of 483 tightly snugged up as the engine waited for the road crew to take 483 and 493 on the last flanger & spreader run to Chama
The two engines departed Alamosa with a massive mile-long steam plume that drifted across the highway and reduced visibility to zero for road traffic
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2024 10:59PM 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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