Colorado Narrow Gauge: C&TS

[K36487]

Hey,

Nice Shots! :)

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[tryagin]

Damn fine shots, makes me think of my trip on the C&TS 20 years back, Thanks!

[DRGWK36]

Ok, John - here's a couple from Colorado, and one from the New Mexico side (since you showed Lobato, I figured a NM shot was fair game as well). I know a couple of these have been posted already, but not in this particular forum! And there's a couple of these that won't be available to the rest of the world for a while:

Heading south (route direction west) out of Antonito on a very stormy summer morning, with a 43-car freight - right at the K36's limit for this part of the route:
http://www.trainsim.com/dcforum/User...d66c004ddc.jpg

Quite a bit farther along the line - must be the following morning after a good rest in Chama - gliding downgrade into Monero, NM:
http://www.trainsim.com/dcforum/User...be6e830eab.jpg

Later that day, the westbound San Juan varnish pulls out of Arboles, Colorado and over the Piedra River, now only about 50 miles from Durango:
http://www.trainsim.com/dcforum/User...166fb4669e.jpg

All of the Rio Grande NG wasn't cliff-hugging spectacle. There was plenty of "routine" work along lonely and often unfriendly terrain, but the job was still the same - move the freight or passengers to where they needed to be.

Andy

[K36487]

Lookin' great as usual! :)

[Flowing]

Looks like I'll be making a trek to Colorado late this summer to pay a visit to both the Cumbres & Toltec and Durango & Silverton. Luckily, both routes are available for MSTS and I've downloaded both of these excellent routes and the equally excellent accompanying rolling stock. Here's some screenshots from the Cumbres Pass route. I'll post some Silverton branch shots later.

Got any Colorado narrow gauge shots? Post 'em!