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Date: 09/25/20 05:39
The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: cozephyr

Cañon City & Royal Gorge RR at Parkdale, Colorado, along the Arkansas River on RGX Subdivision 21 September 2020.  CRRX 403, F7A, and CRRX 1503, F7B-sharp looking lash-up-!

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Date: 09/25/20 06:30
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: Bob3985

Great drone footage.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

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Date: 09/25/20 07:55
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: retcsxcfm

That video looks like a model train.
BTW business must be good.

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

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Date: 09/25/20 08:47
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: TomPlatten

However, like the C&TS trains from Antonito to Osier, trains were much longer due to "social distancing". I would imagine that in "normal" times, the trains would be shorter! IMHO

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Date: 09/25/20 09:16
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: ntharalson

Glad to see they got the F7A working again.  When I was there for the Santa Fe Convention in 2019 it was out of service and a standard cab Geep was on the east end.  From What I could tell on the video, the train was its normal length.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

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Date: 09/25/20 15:23
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: rrpreservation

Great stuff!! Thanks for sharing your photo/video

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Date: 09/26/20 02:24
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: OmahaTom

Great drone footage! What kind do you use? I have a DJI Mavic 2 Pro that I'm satisfactorily (but not excessively) happy with. Piloting that thing in the gorge would require some pretty serious skill.
... Looks like that 3rd car needs a paint job sooner rather than later!
Speaking of which...

      ***RANDOM THOUGHT ALERT*** 

Does anybody know how much it costs to pant a 2-tone, striped, standard 85-foot North American passenger car such as the dining car seen in this video (3rd carriage behind the 2 locomotives). Does the use of silver paint affect the cost? How long does such an endeavor take from start to finish? Just curious.

Tom Loftus
Omaha, NE

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Date: 09/26/20 07:27
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: RailRat

Now that is just Gorgeous! : - )

Is this on previous or abandoned Ex-DRGW trackage?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA



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Date: 09/26/20 08:44
Re: The Royal Gorge Train 403 F7A Parkdale, CO, 21 Sept 2020
Author: Tominde

HO???  Nice video.  I know it's all about the scenery but that looks painfully slow.  And how do they turn for the return?

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Date: 09/26/20 10:21
The Royal Gorge Train on ex-D&RGW line
Author: cozephyr

The Royal Gorge Train operates over former Denver & Rio Grande Western RR trackage that was operated under SP and UP.  UP sold a portion of the line in the Royal Gorge area to Rock & Rail (now owned by Martin Marietta) and the Canon City & Royal Gorge RR operations.

Trains operate with locoomotives on both ends.  Train crew just swaps ends.

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