Re: Rio Grande Southern Video is ready

Greg, got my copy in the mail two days ago finally got a chance to watch it last night, a very well put together peice of footage. Thanks for doing this and thank you Dave Grandt for sharing it with the rest of us few Colorado(etc.) narrow gauge minded fans.

Two things caught my attention, the common bond these four people had with the love of narrow gauge railroading along the RGS, and railroading in general, there were multiple scenes of the three from California, and of them shooting footage of Alexander doing the switching. Though not along the RGS I have began many good friendships along the C&TS, something that I really love about the railroading and railfaning in general and that is there are many good people out there that have this common appreciation for narrow gauge railroading and respect for each other. I have since made other railfaning trips with some of these people that I have met along the C&TS and gone to places that I never dreamed of ever doing but glad that I did.

The other item that I noticed was that some of the cars that were used on the RGS I have seen on the D&S and the C&TS, so I have often wondered if there is any history on how many miles were talied up on some of the cars that are still in existence on both lines, and what was the farthest one car had gone from its home grounds. Having the narrow gauge circle from the 1890's to the 1950's would have been amazing to try and trace one car through its history of travel. And then adding the value of each car for what it was able to haul in it's lifetime too would be interesting to calculate.

Still a Student,

Dave