Steam & Excursion > C&TS 489 Charter

Now this was a charter.   Put on by Bill Peters over two days,  October 14-15, 1987.  We camped at Sublette the cold night of October 14.  Here's the gang at Rock Tunnel/Garfield Monument on Oct 15.  Victor Hand photo.



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That would be me on the pilot deck in the derby hat.  Fellow engineman, Marvin Casias on my left.  The train crew is in front of the monument:  Brakemen Leslie Salazar and Sam Ruybal and Conductor Henry Gallegos.

Earlk Wrote:
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> That would be me on the pilot deck in the derby
> hat.  Fellow engineman, Marvin Casias on my
> left.  The train crew is in front of the
> monument:  Brakemen Leslie Salazar and Sam Ruybal
> and Conductor Henry Gallegos.

And me  with stocking cap/puffy parka standing below Marvin.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/22 19:50 by masterphots.

Great photo Alan!

Martin

What's the story behind the placement of the 'Garfield Monument",
and why the remote location?

 Is that where he wanted to be buried?

Wes Camp.

What a great photo and to have the crew included is even better.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> What's the story behind the placement of the
> 'Garfield Monument",
> and why the remote location?
>
>  Is that where he wanted to be buried?
>
> Wes Camp.
Here is what I found online.Garfield Memorial in Toltec Gorge On September 26, 1881, the Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents held an impromtu memorial service at this site on the Toltec Gorge for the assassinated President James Garfield, the same day that funeral services for him were held in Cleveland, Ohio. They later erected this memorial to Garfield. President Garfield's body is interred with his wife Lucretia at the Garfield Monument, erected in 1890, in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.Mile 315.32 in Toltec Gorge, New Mexioc, on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY