Western Railroad Discussion > Narrow Gauge and Standard Gauge Meet Again

A reunion of sorts as  descendants of the Rio Grande meet up at Antonito,Colorado.The San Luis and Rio Grande Antonito Turn wyed their power at train time for the Cumbres and Toltec Number One .The big SL&RG unit is at the end of track which is a bit unusual so the images may be a lttlte rare.The following images are from July 2022.l 

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And one more showing the C&TS Depot.Bill Webb

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Nice catch.
JB

Nice bunch, first one is a good contrast between old and new...

JG

PRLX 4687 is ex-CSXT 4687, nee-EMDX 7012, and ran around on CSX for quite a while still wearing her EMD color scheme.  This photo was taken in Plant City (FL) in June 2005 by BJW, my collection.

mike woodruff
spokane 

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I believe as EMDX 7012, it spent some time on SP back in the early 1990s.

Winston Hill

It  is ineresting that they parked their engine on the end of the wye, as there is no reason to do so unless the crew was making a "social visit" to the C&TS gang (which we did if the timing was right).  Wouldn't be suprized if Mike Shawcroft was running that day.  Mike is an un-abashed fan.  He started on the SLRG working with the steam crew firing the #18.  His dad Brett "Charley" Shawcroft was an SLRG engineer on both steam and diesel and before that worked for the C&TS,.  Mike's grandfather, Jim Shawcroft, worked for the D&RGW out of Alamosa.

So.....SLRG is still operating.   Any update on who, if anyone, presented a qualifying bid on the bankruptcy sale last month?   One rumor, and strictly a rumor, was that if no one bid then STB might have UP take over operations for a while.   Could be interesting as the track over LaVeta Pass takes a lot of maintenance and winter operations can be difficult. 

The local newspaper in Alamosa reported that two entities made qualifiying bids for the SLRG.  Now it is up to the bankruptcy trustees to decide.
https://www.alamosacitizen.com/no-buyer-emerges-for-san-luis-rio-grande-railroad/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/22 21:54 by Earlk.