SSPRR Run Room

Playing with Toy Trains

Two Colorado Rail Excursions in September 2011

We rode the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad from Antonito, CO to Chama. NM Thursday the 15th.

Ready to leave Antonito - Engine is coal fired.

C&T 487 

Our consist with engineer and fireman.  Our car was the first car, #517.

C&T Consist 

Susan with Equipment displayed on 3 Rail Track

 Susan w Motor Car

This Tell Tale before the tunnel warns a car man about low clearance.

Tell Tale

Colorado or New Mexico from the Open Car
The track crosses the Colorado-New Mexico border 11 times between Antonito and Chama

OpenCar Scene

New Lobato Trestle just outside Chama with track 100 feet above Wolf Creek
The trestle burned last year and was replaced in time for this season.

Lobato Trestle

 

Continue to Saturday trip on Rio Grande Scenic Railroad