Rather than mess it up with my caption, here is the photographer’s:
January 1960. Late in the afternoon returning from Farmington, “Pinky” Lynton takes water on the 497 at Bondad tank at MP 464.7. Bondad tank and Bondad siding (MP 462.6) were about two miles apart.
Pinky was a former RGS engineer, and after the RGS abandoned he went to work in engine service on the DRGW out of Durango. He was used to the smaller RGS power, and uncomfortable with the relatively large size of the 480’s and 490’s, so preferred to work as a fireman on the DRGW. He retired not long after this picture was taken.
Charlie McCandless provided the following, “Joseph Lee ‘Pinky’ Lynton was born on 7-30-1893. On 7-2-1912 he began firing engines for the Rio Grande Southern. He was promoted to engineer on 3-4-1918. His D&RGW seniority was 12-31-1951f, 1-11-1955e. After retiring Pinky and his wife Helen moved to Idaho where he died on 2-21-1977. He and Helen (1899-1981) are buried in Ada County, Idaho.”
This photo is by John West, who has an excellent website of his life taking railroad pictures: "A Life Wasted Chasing Trains"
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