July 19, 2016
Hol - Many thanks for ID'ing the image! I, too, was a Cub, Boy and Explorer
Scout. Never made it to a Jamboree, but did spend a month canoeing in
Region 7 wilderness. Wonderful memories. Best Regards - Louis
In a message dated 7/19/2016 11:18:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
This didn't seem to make it through the first time, so here's my answer
again. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, I
was a participant in the jamboree and this was unable to photograph the dozens
of special trains that brought Scouts to Colorado Springs and returned them
home. Living in Denver, we were bussed to the Jamboree instead of going
by rail. Sigh.
Hol
From: Hol Wagner
<holpennywagner@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:08
AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Can Anyone
Identify This Image?
The date is June 1960, the location is the north end of the Santa Fe depot
at Colorado Springs and the trains are carrying Boy Scouts returning from the
1960 National Jamboree held just north of Colorado Springs, east across what
became I-25 from the Air Force Academy. A number of photos of other Boy
Scout trains to this monumental event appear on pages 84-87 of Burlington
Bulletin No. 47 on the SDs.
Hol
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:55
AM
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Can Anyone
Identify This Image?
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
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