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Looks like Raton or Glorieta Pass in New Mex...Steve

Near Manuelito, NM, west of Gallup.

Well it is post Amtrak day, lok at the bag, and that sure looks like some type of C&O car behind the hilevels with the yellow letter board. Maybe early Amtrak Southwest Chief, if after Santa Fe told Amtrak to stop using the Super Cheir name.

Sharon Evans
Glen Allen, VA

RNinRVR Wrote:
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> Well it is post Amtrak day, lok at the bag, and
> that sure looks like some type of C&O car behind
> the hilevels with the yellow letter board. Maybe
> early Amtrak Southwest Chief, if after Santa Fe
> told Amtrak to stop using the Super Cheir name.


A summer train with only two hi-levels (and other consist anomalies) is suspicious. This could be the Amtrak Chief which only ran in the summer of 1972. The area looks like Raton Pass but not sure of the exact location. Raton in daylight for the Chief would make this No. 20, an eastward train.

Bob

Too few trees for Raton Pass, at least anywhere close to the top.

Clearly out at the NM/AZ state line around Manuelito, NM and Lupton, AZ. That ain't Raton by a long shot; nor Glorieta Pass.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/12 08:11 by Super_C.

Westbound approaching the NM/AZ State Line between Manuelito, NM and Lupton, AZ.

About 0.25 mile east of this photo is where the photo was taken (where the curve is).



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/12 07:03 by qnyla.

Super_C Wrote:
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> Clearly out at the NM/AZ state line around
> Manuelito, NM and Defiance, AZ. That ain't Raton
> by a long shot; nor Glorieta Pass.


You're right, out by Manuelito, the Puerco arroyo runs south of the tracks and has geography looking similar to that in the photo. If the train is the Amtrak Chief in the summer of 1972, a late-running No. 19 would fit with western NM or eastern AZ.

Bob