Nostalgia & History > Warbonnet Wednesday Laguna, NM

ATSF C40-8W 878 leads the 991 train eastbound at Laguna, NM in 1991..

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Silly question, but would that train be QNYLA?

-john

jcaestecker Wrote:
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> Silly question, but would that train be QNYLA?
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> -john

No, it is train 991 (Richmond to Chicago) a hot eastbound with a lot of UPS traffic.  Train QNYLA (Q new York to Los Angeles) was a westbound.

Outstanding, nice to see you post once in a while.
JB

Picture perfect.

That is a well-dressed pig!

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Beautiful!!!

Tom

Great stuff.

KG

Outstanding image !!    
Thanks for posting it.

Outstanding shot!  This was back in the days when the Laguna folks could care less about railfans taking pictures from the former US66 overpass.  Those were good times, for more reason than one.

JCL

Beautiful image.

FDF

qnyla Wrote:
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> ATSF C40-8W 878 leads the 991 train eastbound at
> Laguna, NM in 1991..

Thanks for posting.

However the date of the picture has to be April 1993 or later since the 878 was not built before then.

Another supporting reason is that I left ATSF power distribution that month when all of the dispatching was brought to the Schaumburg IL headquarters. If I had put an 800 class on a 991 train, I would have been chewed out. Of course when it comes to power distribution you can never say "never".

Excellent photograph, John.

Ryan

A+, John! And it's good to see your classy photo-credit signature again here on TO. It's been quite a while...

Lance/199

Indeed, the date is a typo. March 1995.

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