Cumbres And Toltec Scenic Railroad Shops Up-Date

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2006

September week-2

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	Rolling west just past Milepost 284, You can see in this picture how green and beautiful the prairie is west of Antonito thanks to the rain.
	Oh Hell... sorry about my language!! You know sometimes, stuff happens... as a railroader you dust yourself off, put everything back on the rails and move on. More down below.
	*Another shot of SL&RG Employee Krystal and my Dad in Alamosa.*
	I am on Locomotive 484 with Engineer Jeremy Garcia and Fireman Jose Torrez, I am actually catching a ride, off duty and heading to Osier.
	That's another of my Self-portraits.
	Locomotive 484 arrives at Osier, we will swap Locomotives with 487 and 484 will return to Antonito with the Moonlight Train. Jeremy will return to Chama with 487.
	Locomotive 484 at Osier in the setting sun.
	Here comes the Moonlight train from Antonito.
	What a beautiful meet at Osier... love the light.
	484 on the main and the Moonlight comes up the siding..
	Here comes good Ole' 487.
	487 passes 484 at Osier.
	Now for a little switching and the light is going away quickly.
	Locomotive 484 backs to the Moonlight train pointing east for Antonito.
	Locomotive 484 and a some what full moon at Sublette, New Mexico.
	*Ex-Southern Pacific 7864, now part of the group of Locomotives in Alamosa.*
	Locomotive 487 at Sublette on a sunny day.....
	Another shot of Locomotive 487.
	7863 is hooked up to the Passenger Train in Alamosa and will soon be on its way to La Veta.
	Hey, taking water on 484 at Sublette, New Mexico.
	That is what a full tender of water at Sublette looks like....
	Locomotive 484 at Sublette...
	Ready to roll....
	Locomotive 487 in Antonito...
	Marbella does a bit of cleaning in the snack car and the restrooms are being dumped... 487 in Antonito.
	Good Ole' 7863, its a little old, but it gets the job done.
	Okay the Pilots are on the ground....
	Well the drivers are on the ground.
	And, the trailing truck is on the ground, well okay!!!
	Locomotive 484 tries to help 488 ride over the Rerailer Frogs.
	Ducky on 488....
	The 488 is in kind of a bind there...
	Now how did that happen...
	Well later on the guys and Marvin will get it figure it out and 488 will be back on the rails, I have to go.
	That doesn't look good does it... but it happens and you just fix it and move on. Locomotive 488 will head into the shop for inspection and any necessary repairs.
	Engineer Ken Reece and Conductor Randy Porco will move the train over the hill today.
	The machine shop continues to work in Chama during the summer.
	A finished axle in Chama.
	Here the axle sits on the machine and will have its wheel surfaces polished...
	This is actually a die of sorts and will help the machine cut the perfect profile on the wheel surface.
	Two axles without wheels.
	Have a great trip Randy....
	Rolling into Osier on a very wet day.....
	We are going into the siding and Diesel 19 and her work train are on the main.
	Diesel 19 is running quite a huge work train...
	It has three flats and two ballast hoppers.
	The flats are empty as the track crew has already dumped all the ties that were loaded on these cars.
	Diesel 19 will back the flats onto the rear of my Passenger train and I will take them back to Antonito for reloading.
	Diesel 19 with Ronnie and Marvin will then take the Ballast hoppers to Cumbres for loading.
	Another view of Osier....
	Heading to Cumbres and I am passing over the freshly laid down ballast just east of Cumbres just above the Tanglegoot Curve.
	Diesel 19 and two ballast hoppers tied down at Cumbres, the 19 was dumping ballast below windy point and two cars can be handled safely on the 4 percent grade.
	*Two Caboose's in Chama.....*
	Two Locomotives in Antonito, one in the front of the shop and one over the Ashpit.
	Another view of the two locomotives.
	San Luis & Rio Grande's La Veta Passenger train arrives at La Veta.
	Marc Widener on D&RG 7863! 7863 is on lease from the Denver & Rio Grande Historical Group out of Monte Vista.
	Turning 7863 on the La Veta Wye.
	FRED rides on the nose of 7863 around the Wye in La Veta.
	Here is a few views of the Train in La Veta.
	I love these type of photo's.
	This is D&RG Locomotive 7863 in La Veta.
	All the way down in the weeds..... in La Veta.
	Here is 7863 and the passenger train.
	We are in La Veta in the siding right in the yard, down the tracks is a freight train backing cars into La Veta Siding!
	We came over the pass on 7863 and we will hook on two more locomotives for the run back to Alamosa. The freight crew is a little burned out and we will deadhead them and their locomotives on the passenger train to Alamosa so they can rest.
	We are heading back to Alamosa with the freight locomotives and the passenger train.
	Rolling west, east of Fort Garland.
	What a beautiful view, thanks to the rain, the San Luis Valley is so green.
	Checking on 7863 as we roll across the valley.
	That's a good ole' Locomotive.
	Locomotive 488 having its fire cleaned in Antonito, Marvin is blowing the ashes out of the ashpan.
	*Parlor Car Attendant Coradene... I will see you next week... Happy Birthday to her on the 12th of September....*

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