I had initially thought the NG location was Lobato trestle on the CATS. Followed that line in full, but didn't see anything. Tried to find and follow the Farmington branch. Not much to find! Had also thought the narrow gauge circle, around southwest Colorado. Don't think its there though. Gonna go check things again. This has me quite curious now!
I followed the line from Antonito all the way to Chama on google maps and did not see much close. There is a place called "Hangman's Trestle" just west of Antonito but the tracks don't curve around enough. It looks like the trestle is right at the middle of a curve where the track swings all the way back to same general direction from which it came only at a different elevation. The trestle at Los Piños Creek is not at the top of the curve. There are a few possibilities west of Chama where you can see the old road bed makes a curve as it crosses a creek.
Could there be track under that bridge? I cannot think of the location name rigt now, but there was one junction point where track loopedout and away, the back up over the other line. Pagosa Junction? Poncha Junction?
If there were a track under the bridge, wouldn't there be evidence of smoke on the center section of the bridge? I don't see anything that indicates there is. Final location is gonna be a surprise I bet!!
A recent acquisition, D&RGW SW1000 142 For this photo, I have not idea as to who took it or when, but it is in Denver.
A few that I purchased recently (more are to come). Colorado & Southern 71 in Central City (Date and Photographer unknown) Rio Grande Southern 10 in Durango, CO on Aug. 4th, 1939. Photo by E. B. Kille. Rio Grande 1212 in Salt Lake City on Sept. 4th, 1949. Photo by Richard Kindig.
Five more Glenn Smith photos UP 4-8-8-4 4019 Missouri Pacific MT-75 4-8-2 5325 Rio Grande M-68 4-8-4 1802 Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 3710 Rio Grande L-95 2-8-8-2 3414
I got a little behind in sharing all of the old views that I have been buying. Here's a couple more of the many that I have bought since last May. D&RGW Scenic Limited (I've narrowed it down to one of three photographers being: Richard Kindig, Henry Griffiths or Morrison Smith.) UP 2888, Bill Corben photo A Rock Island head-on D&RGW K-36 488 Builders Photo
Great photos Bill, thanks for posting. Many nice looking laaarge 4-8-4's. Oh KATO. How about a Santa Fe like 2912. The one that stands out to me is the UP FEF 832, without the elephant ears it looks much larger than 844. JMO. Carl
Interesting seeing that Builder's Photo of 488, noting the engine does not seem to have glossy new paint.
The scratch on the Katy doubleheader photo can be cleaned up with editing software without a lot of effort. Just a wonderful photo. Being an easterner, I've not had an opportunity to see many pictures of MoPac steam. Great stuff! Thanks for posting all of these.
It isn't always easy to see the detail with glossy black paint, and they tended to want the details to show in the builder photos. Baldwin, for a time, rolled 'portrait locomotives' outside in gray primer--complete with road name and number--and shot them before rolling them back in and painting them black. You'll notice it's hard to see the detail on ATSF 2912, since she's all dolled up for donation. But oh my doesn't she look good!
