Nostalgia & History > D&RGW 762 and 787, ten wheelers,

Picture 1, “Call Number: GB-8133. Title: D&RGW 762 and 787, ten wheelers, double heading west with train#1, the 'Scenic Limited,' at Hanging Bridge, Colorado, in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River. Creator(s): Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935. Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives with the ‘Scenic Limited’ passenger train by the Arkansas River at Hanging Bridge, Fremont County, Colorado. Granite cliffs of Royal Gorge rise on both sides. Date: 1925? Condition: gouge in emulsion. Title hand-written on negative sleeve, with: ‘(closeup vertical), class T-29-184; #762 Brooks #45669 (11/1908); retired 2/1948, #787 Brooks #46423 (9/1909); retired 1/1939’ ‘file #778-1’ ‘top to printer hinge argon 2-10 sec 1 thru 13-15 thru 18-20 on, then 10 sec 1 thru 12-15 thru 17-20 on, then 15 sec 1-2-5-6-10-11-15-16-20 on’ ‘reproduced 1970 Brand Book p191’ and ‘print - A. Dubin 1/1970, W. B. Groome - 11/13/1979, J. A. Blouch - 11/13/1979, R. H. Kindig 5x8, E. J. Haley - 5x8, P. A. Copeland 5x8 - 3/13/1984.’ Physical Description: 1 photonegative; 25 x 20 cm. (10 x 8 in.). Source: Jackson Thode.”

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Picture 2, picture 1 enlarged 60%.

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Picture 3, picture 1 enlarged 200%.

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What is that hanging out of the lead engine window? It looks like a small sheep that the engineer is chucking out the window.

This is a dramatic location and a dramatic train to capture at this location. The sound must have been incredible!

Tor in Eugene

>What is that hanging out of the lead engine window?

Bloomers? What's going on in there?

-E.O.

This is a posed shot - the train isn't moving. Somebody with a white shirt peeked out of the locomotive gangway, perhaps saw the camera on a tripod, and ducked back in. This exposure is probably 1/10 second or so allowing for the blur.

Picture 4, picture 1 enlarged 200% End of train.

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I remember this photo in "The Portrait of a Sliver Lady." I remember the Rio Grande and Western Pacific 4-6-0's were carbon copies of each other. Upon further research, the WP #71-85 were orginally D&RG #744-759. The Rio Grande #760-774 were built at the same time around November and December, 1908. Then both D&RG and WP went back for more 4-6-0's in September and October, 1909. Thank you Flynn for posting.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/14 22:24 by ClipX.

Why would somebody be in a coal burning locomotive in a white shirt? It would be micro-seconds before the shirt was black. I don't know about the white shirted person theory.

rrpreservation Wrote:
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> Why would somebody be in a coal burning locomotive
> in a white shirt? It would be micro-seconds
> before the shirt was black. I don't know about the
> white shirted person theory.

As best I can tell the engines (two of them) have been invaded by the passengers.

The first clip below shows the two cab windows. There is the "something" in the first cab window, and there is what looks like it might be a young man in a suit, tie, and light-colored overcoat standing in the second cab.

The next image is a blowup of the second cab. That sure looks like a suit-wearing civilian to me.

The last image is a blowup of the first cab. There is a very stoic and slightly grimy engineer in the cab. But there is also a blousy white something there, which looks a lot like an arm, that seems to end in a very feminine hand on the armrest. There is also an indeterminate blur against the front of the tender. Could this be a head to match the blouse, that was turning while the photo was taken? You might even be able to convince yourself that there is a ghostly image of a long skirt in the cab door, against the tender.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/20/14 16:19 by lwilton.

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