Rio Grande Scenic Steam Special: August 26th, 2010
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In the south of Colorado, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, lies one of America's great scenic tourist railroads. The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, based out of Alamosa, Colorado, operates both passenger and freight trains over several ex-Denver and Rio Grande lines in south central Colorado. Come along for a 30 minute ride on a steam photographer's special from Alamosa to La Veta, Colorado and return. On August 26th, 2010, the Rio Grande Scenic hosted an all day photo excursion pulled by their 2-8-0 steam locomotive # 18. #18 was built in 1910 and hauled iron ore trains for most of its career. In 1989, it began a long tourist railroad career on the Grand Canyon Railway. Since 2008, # 18 has been pulling passenger trains on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad.
While there is some narration throughout the program, it is fairly limited so you can fully enjoy the sights and sounds of the steam train as it travels across the eastern Colorado Rocky Mountains. Most shots in the video were left on the long side for the same reason. Enjoy this ride on one of the great steam tourist railroads in the U.S.
Colorado Getaways TV Spot - Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad - Fall Colors Train
The fall colors train ride begins in Alamosa and travels across Colorado's San Luis Valley to Ft. Garland where it picks up additional passengers.
Passengers have a photo stop in Fir, which we highly recommend getting off the train for. In the summer months, there is a special train that goes to Fir for concerts at an amphitheater next to the tracks.
After going through two tunnels, the train goes over Veta Pass high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Later it passes the Spanish Peaks and arrives in La Veta for an hour-long stop. There are several art shops, restaurants, and souvenir stores as well as a shaded park.
On the return trip, there is a quick photo stop with the Spanish Peaks in the background.
The entire trip is just under 8 hours but could be shortened by getting on/off the train 25 miles east of Alamosa in Ft Garland. Besides the view of Mt Blanca, the view between the two towns is mostly flat land covered in sagebrush.
Denver and Rio Grande passenger train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison Nat...HD Stock Footage
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Denver and Rio Grande passenger train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park in Colorado.
In last year of passenger operations, a Denver and Rio Grande narrow guage railroad train journeys through Gunnison National Park, Colorado. A waterfall in Black Canyon of the Park. The train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. River rushes over rocks towards the train's track. The engine of the train belches steam and dense black smoke as it rounds a curve in Black Canyon. .Conductor waves to camera from a car labeled: Denver and Rio Grande Western. Crewmen lean out of train openings as it crosses bridge over river. Location: Colorado United States. Date: 1940.
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San Luis & Rio Grande in Alamosa: GP40FH-2 Roll-by
A pair of oddball ex-Ne Jersey Transit locomotives pass the Alamosa depot platform on their way to pick up the train for the day on August 9th, 2015. Note that these units have a standard EMD cab but have a cowl grafted onto the rear of the body.
C&TSR Celebrates Restoration of D&RG No. 168
October 14, 2019 saw the culmination of 4 years of restoration work on D&RG No. 168, a Baldwin 4-6-0, when it pulled D&RG Coach Car No. 292, and caboose 0579, painted in its original red color, from Antonito, Colo., to Lava Tank, a round trip distance of about twenty miles.
The trip celebrated the fund raising efforts of the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec and TRAINS Magazine who awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on D&RG No. 168. The grant sponsored restoration of No. 168's boiler jacket. Hundreds of donors, including prominent philanthropic foundations, contributed to this $501.000 restoration project.
From a visit by TRAINS Magazine to Antonito in July 2019, director of special projects for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Stathi Pappas says, “Our jacket is being made to the Baldwin standards with riveted seams, hooks, and clamps and then it will be blued like a fine firearm to imitate America Iron which was the typical jacketing material in the United States during our period of significance for this locomotive which is about 1916.”
Philadelphia's Baldwin Locomotive Works built the engine in 1883 for the Denver & Rio Grande. The locomotive continued in service for another 50 years and retired from the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1938, when it was made a public park display in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo.
Work is never done on the railroad and the season is almost over, so D&RG No.168 is put to work picking up a water car at Lava Tank that was used for the smaller engines such as D&RGW No. 315 and now D&RG No. 168, because the water tank at Lava is no longer functional.
After the tank car was coupled and the train was reversed, a ceremony was held at Lava Tank to honor the donors and the crew. On hand were Commissioner Dan Love, and Matt Mayberry and Kate Paul of the Colorado Springs Parks Department. Trains Magazine was represented by Thomas Scalf.
Non-alcoholic Champagne was toasted and President of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, John Bush, spoke briefly saying, “We dedicate this locomotive to successful future use and strong partnerships with the city of Colorado Springs and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.”
Fourth generation railroaders, engineer Max Casias and fireman Carlos Llamas operated D&RG 168, with Cody Underwood serving as brakeman and Stathi Pappas working as the conductor. Veronica Bush, Director of Marketing for the C&TSR and Adam Phillips, who recently joined the Special Projects Department, were also on hand. The trip was well documented by photographers Jerry Day, Dick Bell, and Steve Forney.
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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad: Opening weekend, 2011
While vacationing at Wahatoya Canyon, I paid a visit to La Veta, CO to see the steam train from the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (which is what I do EVERY summer.) This was opening weekend, and Iowa Pacific Holdings, (The company that operates the SL&RG) had acquired several origional passenger coaches from the famous City of New Orleans passenger train. In this vid, watch as the former LS&I 2-8-0 #18 backs into town from being serviced toward the train, and onto the City of New Orleans Observation car, Mardi Gras . Then away they go, as the train highballs out of town, and back over La Veta pass towards Alamosa. Rate. Comment. Subscribe. ENJOY!!!
Rio Grande - Colorado and New Mexico
The Rio Grande is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River). The Rio Grande begins in south-central Colorado in the United States and flows to the Gulf of Mexico.[8] Along the way, it forms part of the Mexico–United States border. According to the International Boundary and Water Commission, its total length was 1,896 miles (3,051 km) in the late 1980s, though course shifts occasionally result in length changes. Depending on how it is measured, the Rio Grande is either the fourth- or fifth-longest river system in North America.
This section of the Rio Grande is in southern Colorado, in the San Luis Valley, and northern New Mexico near Taos.
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San Luis And Rio Grande- Passenger Train
We caught the San Luis and Rio Grande, in many locations. Climbing up
the hill. The Rio Grande Scenic # 18 Chant sounded amazing as it
climbed the hill. Spots include The Rio Grande River Crossing, Blanca,
Fort Garland, The S- Curves Below Sierra and Along the Sierra Siding Enjoy!
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad 18
Rio Grande Scenic 2-8-0 18, a former LS&I Baldwin pulls her train of former Santa Fe Super Domes into the Alamosa depot. She is wearing a Pennsy 3 chime this day. June 2008.
No. 2 - Day 3 - Train Event 2012 Photographers Spectacular between La Veta and Alamosa, Colorado
2 - Day 3 - HD version - the return trip - during the 2012 Photographers Spectacular Train event hosted by the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, we were allowed numerous photo stops
on the return trip between La Veta and Alamosa, Colorado to watch passby of the #18 steam locomotive with the coal cars and the sd90mac diesel #115
pulling the passenger cars. Due to a broken rail, the train had to go backwards down the track back to La Veta where waiting buses and van took us to Alamosa.
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Rio Grande RR La Vita to Alamosa Scenic Train
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