Re: THE 463

I believe the last time the 463 ran was Chama Steam I in October 2002. I vividly recall her going to Antonito for the winter and disappearing in the snow storm that afternoon at Cumbres.

By coincidence, I was also on the passenger train the day her rod broke. The engine was pulling the train from Antonito when we stopped at Sublette for water and the crew found the broken rod. We all got to ride behind the #19 which backed down from Toltec. The #19 had to put the MOW equipment in the siding and I remember the equipment or the engine brushed against one coach near the west switch and left some nasty scratches. All the passengers were herded into the front coaches, and the concession car and some others were left at Sublette. #19 pulled us to Osier where another engine took us to Cumbres. The trip terminated there that day. Later that season, she received the rod from the 464 on the Huckleberry RR.