It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog and the first day of November, wow, the year is going by quickly. Today's image is of locomotive 163 as it headed back to Antonito, Colorado after double heading to Osier Station for the Cumbres & Toltec's special run on August1. It was actually moving backwards towards town, I am not sure why they decided to do this instead of how it's usually done with returning trains. It was by itself because trains never double head downhill due to braking issues.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is of locomotive 463 heading back into Antonito Colorado on August 1 after it's double header with 168 for the Centennial Limited event. It was about an hour or more late getting back and found out later from someone riding that they had lost and had to recover pressure at one point. There was a storm in the vicinity so it made for a rather dramatic image i thought.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is another from my trip to the Cumbres & Toltec last summer. I quick took this picture when we were in Antonito, Colorado, the final stop on our trip. I was going to get on the bus for the trip back to Chama, New Mexico. The train ride and lunch stop takes about 6 hours and the bus ride back is only about 40 minutes. The train ride is much more fun and scenic.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Finishing out the last one of the year with my favorite railroad. This is an image of our train as we were ending our ride in late June. Our train is rounding the parking lot to head into the station area in Antonito Colorado so we could get off and get on the bus to take us back to Chama New Mexico. We had a great trip back on the bus this time as we ended up sitting near the fireman for the trip and he chatted with us. I was not wanting to bother him, thinking he would be tired but he initiated a lot of the conversation so it was very nice and interesting.
It's a double digit day! 😀 It's also Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image goes back to my favorite railroad, the Cumbres & Toltec. This is the train on the the Colorado end at the Antonito station as it returned from Chama New Mexico. After everyone unloaded they would Wye the locomotive to get it turned around for the trip to New Mexico in the morning. A Wye looks like a Y from above and allows a locomotive or even a whole train if the Wye is large enough to get maneuvered into the opposite direction when a turntable is not available.
