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R. H. Kindig.
1QCP
1330
RailPROUDLY displaying
road Club's drumhead in front of her middle cyl
inder, Union Pacific's original 4-12-2 pauses in
the Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 11, 1956, after a bitterly cold run up from
No. 9000 is now on display by R&LHS in Pomona, Calif.
Denver.
Richard F. Lind.
1959
HER smoke outdistances her five-car train
1959,
as
the clear Colorado
Berthoud, Colo., in
July 19,
Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 No. 647 smudges
an
sky with oil exhaust north of
across-the-fields broadside by Mr. Lind.
were forwarded to Milwaukee
Trains' editor, managing editor, and
art director awarded an Honorable Mention for the prize
print taken during each of the 21 years of excursion oper
ation (no trips were run during World War II) ; then 1st,
2nd, and 3rd prizes were selected for the best of the top
in Denver and the winners
for final selection.
The guidelines were technical photo quality; origi
nality of composition; and interest of subject matter.
The photos and their credits speak for themselves. If
the redoubtable Dick Kindig picked up no fewer than five
Honorable Mentions including 2nd and 3rd prizes to the
21.
an upcoming era of
surprise of no one but himself, then
camerists could take satisfaction in the top award copped
And if narrow gauge
by relative unknown T. G. Gray.
and UP dominated the contest, they shared honors with
traction and
a
lonely
cog
railway.
Jackson Thode.
1QC1
luUI
STEAM
passengers
over
the fabulous Rio
Grande Southern for the last time
tion 74
of the
propels
trudges upgrade
Ophir Loop trestles while en
Telluride to Lizard Head Pass. Steady
at 5
route
now
mph
as
Consolida
in the
from
vicinity
Ridgway and
watch for cinders!
Trains
29
RIZE
FHtST PRIZE
1QC1
*" '
Gray for
painted
a
was taken home by member T. G.
stunning panned broadside of freshly
Rio
Grande
K-36
Mikado
488
as
she
breezed through the San Luis Valley near Harter, Colo., on the
last lap of the Memorial Day excursion May 29, 1961. The award-
winning photo
was
shot at 1/25 second at f22,
according
to
Gray.
E. R. Lewandowski.
1962
NOTABLE 90
pops
9,
as
1962,
Great Western's famous 2-10-0
she stomps east out of Loveland,
pulling excursionists instead
lifts her
Colo., September
of
sugar
beets.
John W
John Briggs.
1958
30
Rocky Mountain
Railroad Club caught this double image of D&RGW
narrow-gauge Mike 476 May 30, 1958, at Alamosa, Colo.
A NEW JERSEY MEMBER of the
September
1964
1946
NEW and old:
em
Goose No. 5
utilized
as
Maxwell
On July 13, 1946, Rio Grande Southon
waiting
Club
room
special halts beside coach
at Vance Junction, Colo.
T. G. Gray.
Charles S. Ryland.
1954
MIKE 476
(temporarily
numbered 7 for movie use)
climbs through the canyon in Rockwood Gorge with
fans on the D&RGW's Silverton Branch May 30, 1954.
E. J. Haley.
1952
D&RGW Mikes 490
and
494,
once
standard-gauge
2-8-0's, pose on S-curve just east of Lobato Trestle on
May 31, 1952, en route to the summit of Cumbres Pass.
Trains
31
R. H.
R. H.
32
September
1964
Kindig.
Kindig.
IQAQ
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"ENT>
'**
0F THE
LINE" is
Photographer Pfeifer's fit
ting caption for this com
position shot on an excursion over the cog
railway by the RMRRC on July 17, 1949.
"HP Hp|^mmii
MANJTOV ft ws X
2ND PRIZE
CO
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IvJJv)
2ND
PRIZE:
beneath
pause
chute at
17, 1953,
as
burner, waits
to
the
coal
Carr, Colo., May
coal-burning
excursion extra and
Jack A. Pfeifer.
Challengers
3967 heads
sister 3713,
assist
a
club
an
oil-
freight up to
Sherman summit. Third prize, also taken
by Dick Kindig, is the subject of this
month's
cover
a
Denver & Rio Grande
a
Western narrow-gauge Mike.
1Q41
'""'
See page 3.
"LITTLE
realizing the
plications
to all
of
diesel-electric
such
1941
tractive
im-
railroading
novelties
effort,"
Photographer Thode, "members
as
recalls
saw
little
about which to get excited" when their
fourth
M&PP
excursion
1941, took siding
at
on
August 17,
Windy Point
er" No. 8 held the main
on
the
as
"growl
uphill
run.
Jackson Thode.
SOME 14,100 feet up in the
sky, Club excursion waits
1Q4D
IwtFU
the
at
Peak
ing
10 00
1303
run
summit
of
Pike's
August 4, 1940, before descend
to Manitou in
FHtST
Club
custody of 0-4-2T No. 6.
excursion
makes
12,566 feet
up
a
on
of
the
photo stop
the Mani
tou & Pike's Peak Railway August 27, 1939.
Baldwin Vauclain compound 0-4-2T No. 3
stands with coach 101 for Dick's
camera.
R. H.
Trains
Kindig.
33
m
T. G. Gray.
1963
silver-
tain
Railroad
May 30, 1963, with Rocky Moun-
sion
in
CLIMBING out of the Florida River bottom
faced
Mikado
488
on
comes
a
Club's
traditional
shadow-etched
Memorial
#
E. J. Haley.
IQEfi
bers
in
13 JU
a sunny morning, July 2, 1950, mem
homage to Denver Tramway Corporation.
with Nos. .02, .03, and 130. On
gathered
loop
at
Leyden
to pay
1960
AT sunset
on
October 2, 1960, Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 No. 638 is sil
on a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club
houetted north of Longmont, Colo.,
excursion. Club members chartered her last trip (to Trinidad, Colo.) in 1962.
34
September
1964
excur
composition by winner Gray.
.
ONE day after abandonment of Denver's famous narrow-gauge
streetcar service, the Club ran a trip to Leyden and Golden, Colo.,
Day
Charles S. Ryland.
1955
FROM the
ground
up: Rio Grande 2-8-2 499 rides
Lobato Trestle May 28, 1955, on yet another
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Memorial Day trip.
across
Charles S. Ryland.
Charles S. Ryland.
1947
DENVER & INTERMOTJNTAIN 23
29, 1947, at Parfet Mine
on
paused
on
June
the Morrison Branch.
1948
ANOTHER
Ryland
award winner:
Denver & Salt
Lake 2-8-0 119 in Rock Creek Canyon
April 25, 1948.
Richard F. Lind.