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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | No. 9's last trip |
SP No. 9's last trip under steam, August 1959. http://home.att.net/~jbardinwest/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-653426.html ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sierra Talc |
I understand the old Sierra Talc plant in Keeler (one of the main reasons the NG survived until 1960) is still standing also. > SP No. 9's last trip under steam, August > 1959. http://home.att.net/~jbardinwest/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-653427.html ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Alamosa table |
Recent discussion on the Alamosa, Colorado turntable. Here's a photo: http://home.att.net/~jbwest/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-579572.html ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Shops photos |
Lots of Alamosa shop/yard photos here on John West's site, all 1960s. What a museum those shops and that site would have made... http://home.att.net/~jbwest/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-579564.html ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Joshua [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shops photos |
Refresh my mind here please... Alamosa is on a standard gauge branch now right? Thanks! Joshua joshua@joshuakblay.com |
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| Author: | Ed Fritz [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shops photos |
> Refresh my mind here please... > Alamosa is on a standard gauge branch now > right? > Thanks! > Joshua The branch is owned by the short line company, RailAmerica (run together). Here is the route map if the link works: Ed RailsAmerica -- SAN LUIS & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD |
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| Author: | Joshua [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Antonito, "Rails Across the Summit" |
Thanks Ed! I read an article on modern SP/D&RGW operations of the line. It said that in many places the ties showed evidence of the former dual gauge. I know the C&TS has enough on their hands but it would be neat to see dual gauge operation sometime in the future. Is there some kind of physical link still in Antonito? Can't wait to get out to CO/NM and see the NG operations, have watched "Rails Across the Summit" since I was a kid! Joshua |
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| Author: | Ed Fritz [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Antonito, "Rails Across the Summit" |
> I know the > C&TS has enough on their hands but it > would be neat to see dual gauge operation > sometime in the future. Is there some kind > of physical link still in Antonito? Originally, Antonito had a "Y" and section house. The south end of the Y headed off on the "Chili" run to Santa Fe while the west ran off towards Durango and is now the C&TS. I would expect there would be no more than a couple hundred feet separating the two operations. But IMHO, the tax/preservation dollars would be much better spent on the C&TS. Just the price of the rail for a third rail would go a long way to re-capitalizing the C&TS which it so urgently needs. While the last time I was in that area was the early ‘70s, and I don’t things have changed that much. There isn’t enough population base, tourist or other wise to support any sort of sight seeing railroad which is the real problem of the C&TS. They do have spectacular scenery in Toltec Gorge which La Veta pass doesn’t have. La Veta Pass might support an annual steam excursion for steam enthusiasts should RailAmerica allow it. Great grades with historic ROW but the terminations are too much out of the way to attract tourists. Walsenburg is a “wide spot in the road.” D&S is at the northeastern end of a tourist triangle. You have the Durango and Silverton resort cities, catering to the Mesa Verde National Park. To the south, you have Santa Fe and Canyon De Chelly National Monument plus numerous Native American reservations. To the West you have Monument Valley which is on the road to the Grand Canyon National Park south rim. The only thing besides the C&TS in the San Luis Valley is the Great Sand Dunes National Monument which very few people have ever heard of. > Can't wait to get out to CO/NM and see the > NG operations, have watched "Rails > Across the Summit" since I was a kid! Then you would enjoy the link below, the Ghost Depot is one of the finest discussions of the D&RG online. Click on "Over View." While the photos document the ROW well. But if you poke around in the site, you can even find road profiles for most of the D&RG's ROW. One of my prize RR books is a copy of Beebe and Clegg's "Narrow Gauge in the Rockies." Great summary of the Colorado narrow gauge experience. Ed The Ghost Depot |
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| Author: | Art Miller [ Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | You Gotta See These! |
A wonderful slide show...great images with beautiful depth and color! > Lots of Alamosa shop/yard photos here on > John West's site, all 1960s. What a museum > those shops and that site would have made... amiller@rtms-movietrains.com |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Old Patagonian Express |
Just a photo of one of the BLW 2-8-2s taken in 1987. Haven't heard much on this line lately. Still running for tourists? http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?august03/08-13-03/Patagonia-001-FA_20_at_Jacobazzi_1-1987.jpg ryarger@rypn.org |
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