Right now if one wants to do a freight charter you have to go from Chama to Big Horn, or all the way to Antonito to Turn. With the loop there is more flexibility for potential customers who want to have more options of shorter and longer runs.
I know one year the British group did one day Chama to Antonito, then day 2 Antonito to Chama, and third day Chama to Osier and return to Chama, where they departed the next day for other places.
Right now running to Big Horn and back with a freight train is pretty much wasted money since there is little time for photo runbys due to the long running time.
Now if we could just figure out how to start trips in Antonito without having to pay for a day of deadheading, some cool trips could be made from Antontio to Osier and back spending lots of time in the gorge region for photos! I think that has always been the tough part to obtain on photo specials. The loop would be very useful, aside from everyday operations of course!
Greg"Not gonna post virus Info anymore" Scholl