Re: Ready, Fire, Aim! .... at the MOON!!

I'm all for a re-enactment, too - but ...

IIRC, the RMRRC "Green" trip we were commemorating last year was on May 21, 1950.
The MAIN reason for the May 25, 2010 date was to get the moon rising above the hill at
mp 317.5 - at which we failed because we were forced to run the train much earlier than
originally planned.

IMHO, the best date for an early-season train in 2012 would be two or three days before the full moon in late May or early June, so June 1st or 2nd would be the best date - especially if the special leaves Antonito at about 2:30 or 3:00 p.m., meets the eastbound passenger at Lava Loop, and gets to mp 317.5 about 1 to 1½ hours later than last year.

Another possibility would be to leave Antonito immediately after the arrival of the eastbound passenger train on June 3rd or 4th, and have a runby somewhere between Lava Loop and The Whiplash to catch the full moon rising over the Sangre de Christo's in the background, à là Ansel Adam's famous photo 'Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico'.

- Russo de la Luna



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2016 11:15AM by Russo Loco.