A Wild West Adventure

July 6, 1979 to August 2, 2014, that's a long time between visits to the Cumbres & Toltec RR, the survivor of General Palmer's once far flung narrow gauge empire.

Nothing much changes in Chama.  Different light fixtures, construction materials, method for loading coal, tourist cars.  Aside from that, same-same.  Little locomotives, big landscape.  Shovel 3 tons of coal into an insatiably hungry firebox in 9 miles over 70 minutes.  Sudden thunder storms preceded by low clouds.  Cattle on the track.  It's wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what I mean?