Steam & Excursion > Three from Cumbres and Toltec 5 July 24

I made my 6th trip on the Cumbres and Toltec today, from Chama to Antonito with a return to Chama by bus.  The weather was spectacular, the onboard crew fantastic, and the narrow gauge experience as fine as ever.  This also makes it 51 years that I've been visiting the line - the first trip I was seventeen years old and hitchhiked to Chama after reading Steinheimer's Backwoods Railways of the West book.  This time I brought a friend along that had never been there before.  I think we have another convert from the experience.
Here are three photos from the day.

1) A bunch of happy folk riding in the open gondola car near Coxo as #489 worked hard up the steep side of Cumbres Pass
2) At Osier, #489 was cut off the eastbound train and turned on the baloon loop to lead the westbound back to Chama after lunch.  We were behind Mudhen 463 from Osier to Antonito in the afternoon.
3) Two crewmen chat together at Osier as the lunch break came to an end.

 

Kit Courter
Menefee, CA
LunarLight Photography



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/24 22:03 by CimaScrambler.

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Nice trio , Kit.  Your images are a reminder that photographing steam and riding behind it are not the same.
—Mac

It's good to see it so green and not under the threat of a fire mandated shutdown. 

Out 

If you can, ride the rear end observation car. Best ride ever. You CAN ride on the open platform during entire trip.
rr caboose

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