Quite a year on the ex-DRGW narrow gauge

This was an amazing year on the ex-DRGW narrow gauge lines, the C&TS and D&S. I made three visits, in March, August and October and came away with quite a variety of photographs. Winter snow plowing, summer green, and bright fall color, four classes of motive power, two ex-RGS geese, a steam-powered pile driver, and a 30 car train of restored freight cars wrapped around some of those famous curves. Between the regular trains, charter freights, geese, and diesel work trains, some days on the C&TS there were six "trains" moving. And all this was capped with what is likely to be Dave and Jean Gross' last charter on the D&S. It is hard to believe that almost 50 years after the DRGW ran its last revenue narrow gauge freight train these kinds of images are still possible. And so many people made it possible: The Friends of the C&TS, the Durango Railroad Historical Society, the Galloping Goose Historical Society, Colorado Railroad Museum, and of course the professional railroaders at the C&TS and D&S....and probably some that I missed.











Even more pix from this year can be found HERE.

JBWX



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/2016 04:16PM by John West.