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
