Steam & Excursion > C&TSRR = 11-14-17 = 4 Car Train

Taking cars to Cumbres Pass. Wednesday a 7 car train will pick them up for the trip to Antonito.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

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A good breakfast then a great steam video and what a way to start my day today! Thanks Roger!

Chris

Mudrock Wrote:
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> A good breakfast then a great steam video and what
> a way to start my day today! Thanks Roger!
>
> Chris

Thanks for playing Chris.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Roger--your aerial view of Chama yard yesterday revealed the Chama yard was crowded is that going to be thinned out somewhat before the shows hit?

TomPlatten Wrote:
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> Roger--your aerial view of Chama yard yesterday
> revealed the Chama yard was crowded is that going
> to be thinned out somewhat before the shows hit?

It's always this crowded. The passenger cars are going to Antonito for the winter where they will be serviced but the freight cars remain as they have for years. The cars stored there have been there since the RR's founding in 1970 when they came over from Alamosa before the D&RGW line was severed. Included in the collection are the rider boxcars which were the first converted for passenger use (imagine school plastic chairs bolted to the floor with plexiglass windows and clear plastic curtains), gondola and ballast cars with wood rotting, and cattle/sheep boxcars. Over the years the Friends have restored many for operation on photo freights but a lot are left for future possible reconstruction. For a complete list of cars in the Chama and Antonito yards, see the below link with photos of most cars. Be prepared to spend some time looking at this extensive historic narrow gauge car collection which is the largest such collection in the US if not the world.

https://www.cumbrestoltec.org/php/assets/fctsrr.php?category=rollingStock



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/17 05:48 by Cumbresfan.

Cumbresfan Wrote:
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> TomPlatten Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Roger--your aerial view of Chama yard yesterday
> > revealed the Chama yard was crowded is that
> going
> > to be thinned out somewhat before the shows
> hit?
>
> It's always this crowded. The passenger cars are
> going to Antonito for the winter where they will
> be serviced but the freight cars remain as they
> have for years. The cars stored there have been
> there since the RR's founding in 1970 when they
> came over from Alamosa before the D&RGW line was
> severed. Included in the collection are the rider
> boxcars which were the first converted for
> passenger use (imagine school plastic chairs
> bolted to the floor with plexiglass windows and
> clear plastic curtains), gondola and ballast cars
> with wood rotting, and cattle/sheep boxcars. Over
> the years the Friends have restored many for
> operation on photo freights but a lot are left for
> future possible reconstruction. For a complete
> list of cars in the Chama and Antonito yards, see
> the below link with photos of each car. Be
> prepared to spend some time looking at this
> extensive historic narrow gauge car collection
> which is the largest such collection in the US if
> not the world.
>
> https://www.cumbrestoltec.org/php/assets/fctsrr.ph
> p?category=rollingStock

Thanks for your post.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff