Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge

Mr. SP Aug 10, 2014

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Chama in 1924, about one year before a fire destroyed much of this part of the town. Outfit cars in the foreground were used to house extra gang workers.
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  2. BoxcabE50

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    Interesting rooftop modifications, on those outfit cars. I have never seen this pictured.
     
  3. r_i_straw

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    Some photos of K-28 number 473 over the years.
    Pulling the San Juan out of Antonito in 1939. Richard B. Jackson photo.
    39San JuanRichard B. Jackson.jpg Pulling the San Juan again a decade or so later crossing the Lobato Trestle. Spark arrestor on top of the smoke stack. Speed lettering on the tender. Otto Perry photo.
    LobbatoTrestleOttoPerry.jpg I rode behind it to Silverton in 1971. The Rio Grande gave it a fake diamond smoke stack to reflect what the tourist seem to have expected on an old west steam locomotive. Looked kind of weird to me.
    durango 7-71.jpg Still sporting the diamond stack in 1976 when I photographed it at Elk Park heading to Silverton. Flagged it down later that day to ride back to Durango.
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  4. bremner

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    to my knowledge, the black cars were livestock and the yellow cars were for tourists
     
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  5. r_i_straw

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    :LOL::ROFLMAO::D
     
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    :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
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  7. r_i_straw

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    More Cumbres & Toltec photos from my collection.
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  8. Kurt Moose

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    Looks like those outfit cars were built taller for tunnel work, maybe? The car at lower right has a walkway with handrails.
     
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  9. r_i_straw

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    Chama in 1989.
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  10. HemiAdda2d

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    D&RGW 315 simmers in Osier, CO before departing, in May 2016:
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