Snow, steam, sun, blue sky, autumn color, happy riders. These 80-year old little engines take the eleven cars full of passengers from 7,000 plus feet elevation to over 10,000 feet and plow snow to clear the rails. After cresting the pass they will travel down canyon for a hot lunch at an old cowboy stock stop, Osier Colorado. The passengers couldn't go all the way to Antonito CO (a distance of 64 miles) because the mountain passes they would have to traverse to return to Chama were too slippery for the return buses.
Take time out from your busy day to view nature's beauty made accessible by man's building a mountain RR in the 1880's and still preserved for our enjoyment.
1 posted on
10/10/2011 5:27:09 PM PDT by
CedarDave
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2 posted on
10/10/2011 5:31:29 PM PDT by
CedarDave
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3 posted on
10/10/2011 5:37:49 PM PDT by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: CedarDave
To: CedarDave
That’s beautiful!
Snow always looks great from a safe distance. As in Texas.
7 posted on
10/10/2011 5:46:20 PM PDT by
SuzyQue
To: CedarDave; Tijeras_Slim; CougarGA7; elkfersupper; abner
Mrs. & I just got back from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
We even got to meet Slim & Abner (not that I'm exactly braggin' about the meeting Slim part)
To: CedarDave
Ive long loved that train....need to do it again
12 posted on
10/10/2011 6:08:51 PM PDT by
woofie
To: CedarDave
I'm speechless and in awe at God's handiwork.
'Course, I'm no longer the cowboy outdoorsey type, preferring a warm fire and time to enjoy reading.
18 posted on
10/10/2011 6:48:19 PM PDT by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: CedarDave
This is beautiful!...Love Colorado
23 posted on
10/11/2011 5:52:03 AM PDT by
Guenevere
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To: CedarDave
This is beautiful!...Love Colorado
24 posted on
10/11/2011 5:52:48 AM PDT by
Guenevere
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