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Locomotive 463 Pulling the Geology train to Chama.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
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I'll bite.  What do you mean a geology train?  I'm curious being a geologist myself.

Cheers, Jim Fitch

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I'll bite.  What do you mean a geology train? 
> I'm curious being a geologist myself.
>
> Cheers, Jim Fitch

Geologist from all over come to ride this train every year.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
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SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I'll bite.  What do you mean a geology train? 
> I'm curious being a geologist myself.
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> Cheers, Jim Fitch

I believe, if memory serves me correctly, they have this train every year - and instead of the usual narration on board the ride, they focus on the geology of the surrounding areas - I don't recall if there are stops for people to get off and explore/investigate things, but that's generally the gist of it.  I'm going all off of memory here, so my apologies if I have something wrong.

Jim Lipnitz
Morrisville, PA
Big Jim Video Productions

I took it in 2013 and it is an excellent experience.
There is a railroad docent, plus members of several university geology department; they have great hand-outs and  have maps and charts in the gondola to explain what we see.
Yes, there are several stops where passengers can de-train and look at rocks (or trains).
The train leaves Antonito about 2 hours before No. 1 and gets to Osier to meet No. 2 and be passed by No. 1.
By then we were all well fed and the railfans had nice photo ops of both the other trains.
We got to Chama about 600 PM.
The highlight was to de-train at the east end of "rock" tunnel and walk through it, after which we took positions on the west portal for photos as the train pulled by.
It usually sells out.

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