mrbill6771 Loc: Aztec, NM

I haven't been able to find out anything. However, I will be in Durango next Tuesday. I will stop by the D&SNGRR Museum and ask them.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thank you. I'll look forward to hearing what you find out.

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

I just clicked on an add link for Seven Falls, CO. Looks like it's near Colorado Springs. You might Google it. Wish I had known about it when I was in Denver for a year. :thumbup:

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

I saw the seven falls 20-25 yrs ago, it is amazing. Took some 35mm photos but they're buried away in boxes somewhere in my basement.

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

I know what you mean. :lol: I've got a lot of Kodachrome slides in a binder but don't have a scanner and don't want to send them out. They're organized and on the cardboard mount I have notes of where and when they were taken. No geo tags in 1981 with my Nikon FE / FM. Those were the days. No GPS or cell phones. You went into the Rockies and better know what you were doing. I went solo most of the time with a bivouac, water purification pills, a small camping stove that when collasped was the size of a canteen, freeze dried food, and a sleeping bag. All that weighed less than the camera equipment I carried. Could go for days without seeing anyone. That's when you better not break an ankle. Pack light but expect snow even in July at the higher altitudes. Wish I could do it all over again. :thumbup:

mrbill6771 Loc: Aztec, NM

Went to Durango today and the D&SNGRR Museum. I talked with the fella working there and after discussing the photo , we have an answer. It is a rail bus called "Casey Jones" I Googled it when I got home and the following is fromCasey Jones

The Casey Jones railbus was built in 1915 out of a Model T and is a predecessor of the Galloping Goose. It was originally designed to be an ambulance servicing the Sunnyside Mine in Eureka, Colorado. It was often used by mine officials to commute to Silverton. It has room for 11 passengers. The Casey Jones is owned by the San Juan Historical Society.[11] In the summer months it is on a siding near the Silverton Depot and in the winter it is on display at the D&SNG Museum in Durango
Wikipedia

So now all of us railrosd buffs have another tidbit of little know trivia to pass around.

Thanks for posting the pictures, gessman. It was fun researching it.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Thanks for the very interesting info MrBill.

JackM

gessman Loc: Colorado

Ah ha! Very interesting. I appreciate you coming up with the answer. Thank you.

gessman Loc: Colorado

I found a url on Flickr that has images of the Casey Jones and many other early railroad images including pictures of the Galloping Geese (Gooses). It shows two images of #4 in Telluride that we discussed. Also, Googling "Casey Jones Railroad bus or ambulance" brings up a couple of others besides the one I got the picture of in Silverton. One of them I saw, I think from the "Northern Railway," whever that is, was on a Cadillac chasis.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/disneywizard/785365085/

Then here is a place where you can order a model of the one at Silverton:

http://www.precisionscaleco.com/cgi-bin/VirtualCatalog3/CatalogMgr.pl?cartID=b-8585&SearchField=category&SearchFor=KIT-1V&template=kits.htx&hdr=On3%20Steam%20Kits%20-%20Order%20Online%20Now!

Here also is an interesting resource of early railroad images including several views of a Casey Jones 'Railbus.":

http://quickpicbooks.homestead.com/files/sncaseyjonesbook.htm

As it turns out upon closer reading, the one with the Cadillac drive train is the one in Silverton. Please excuse my confusion. Here's a little more about:

http://thecarhobby.blogspot.com/2011/12/silverton-northern-casey-jones-railbus.html

And... a couple of real good images on the "Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum."

http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,101433,102285

Gbrewer Loc: Denver, Colorado