Re: Ouray CO RR Days Sept 15 - 18 ...

jgp1843 Wrote:
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> Just thought I'd post the general schedule of
> events for our upcoming Ouray County Railroad
> Days at the Ridgway Colorado Railroad museum.
>
> Thursday, Sep 15: Guided hike on Silverton RR
> grade, Red Mountain Town to Guston.
>
> Friday, Sep 16: Guided hike on Silverton RR
> grade, Guston to corkscrew turntable, Ironton
> and end of track at Albany.
>
> Saturday Sep 17: Museum open house with short
> rides on Goose 4!!   Yes, I said Goose 4!*   Open
> house at an excellent San Juan-based HOn3 layout
> in the morning, followed by Narrow gauge symposium
> of 6 half-hour talks and an evening keynote on the
> Ouray Branch of the D&RG.
>
> Short talk topics include: Emma Sweeney; origins
> of the Galloping Goose name; progress report on
> Goose 4; Before and after a steam passenger trip;
> Excitement and humor on the narrow gauge; and
> the Silverton Northern and Silverton, Gladstone
> and Northerly railroads.
>
> Sunday, Sep 18: guided auto tours along the RGS
> from Ridgway to Lizard Head (all day trip, 30-plus
> stops), and the Ouray Branch D&RG (half-day trip,
> Colona to Ouray).
>
> Details on our website,
> www.ridgwayrailroadmuseum.org.


Man, it would be great to be there!   I remember wading across the creek near Ironton and hiking up to the Corkscrew Gulch turntable site way back in 1971 or thereabouts - I'm sure it will be a much easier hike along the RR grade from somewhere near Red Mountain Town. And it wouldn't be too much of a push to join you for the hikes on the 15th & 16th and still make it to Chama early enough on the 17th to catch the Moonlight(less) Dinner Train and grand reunion of Instigators & Curmudgeons at Osier. The biggest down-side would be missing Ed Stabler's performance at the Rio Chama campground on Friday night.

- Russo

* As a former resident of To-Hell-You-Ride, I'm very happy to learn that #4 is almost ready to flap her wings again! I'm looking forward to seeing her next year in late Spring or early Fall.