We ran an extra day on July 2 for the land owners at Forbes Park. They own all the property from Sierra to Fir. They are pretty nice folks, so we ran an extra day for them. We picked them up at Sierra. Here 1744 patiently awaits a highball at Sierra:
!744 all shined up and decked out for July 4:
Lately we have been giving the weekday riders a treat by hauling fill-shouldering material in an air dump car in the passenger train. The train stops at the dumping point, uncouples from the passenger cars, pulls ahead to dump the car, recouples and heads on its way. Ready to leave Alamosa:
At MP 212.5 getting ready to dump the car:
Over She Goes...
Stand Back!:
It took about 10 minutes to dump and we were back underway: