July 19, 2016
All - While we continue to digest Hol's "mystery" roundhouse image, here's
one both inserted and attached that is unidentified as to date, location and
circumstance:
All I can say as a Lines East "flat lander," this image was taken somewhere
on Lines West or, perhaps. the UP (note the mountain rising in the background at
far right). Is the UP detouring over the Q/CS, or vice-versa? If you look
closely at the second person from left in front of the UP baggage car, he
appears to be wearing a summer US Army uniform and hat. Could one of the
trains shown be a troop train?
I first shared this image with fellow Group member Bill Barber and here are
his comments:
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Louis,
I am sure that it is before the BN era. The E still has black nose stripes
and UP traded in all of the of their F’s by the mid 1960s. It could be somewhere
in the Denver area or possibly Cheyenne, although the mountains look too high
for that location. The UP train is operating as an extra. The Q E’s may or may
not be on a train, but the area on both sides of the Q locomotives look like the
ends of a station platform. Denver is the most logical place unless, as you
suggest, one train or the other is detouring. The mountains suggest that it is
not east of the Denver area, but they appear more like the front range mountains
south of Denver. The UP train could be detouring over the Kansas Pacific either
eastbound or westbound.
Bill
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I don't think the location is Denver, at least not downtown Denver, as the
location looks relatively rural. Also, only four tracks. Also note the long,
unrolled canvas fire hose at far right. Could that be for watering diesels or
passenger cars? The only other visual clue is the tall smoke stack just off
center with the black band on top. Are there any Lines Westerners
in our Group who can tell us what's going on in this image? Best Regards -
Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
