Re: 20 Years Ago Today - Final Train over Tennessee Pass

We have some footage during the steam era in this area in our "Rio Grande Standard Gauge Steam". I was lucky to experience some of the last year in 1997 as we spent several days on the line and shot basically from Dotsero to Canon City, spending the most time around Salida and Tennessee Pass itself. Lots of SP power in those days, but watching those pushers climb from Minturn with a coal train was pretty cool. Les Jarrett and I were on a monster trip that year that including shooting for our American By Rail-Route of the SW Chief, from Chicago to LA, so we were shooting along that route, and planned the trip around the C&TS Rotary Run in May. Afterwards we did a couple of days of private charters, then went to the Tenn Pass Line. Neat area for sure. We did a video called "Tennesse Pass and the Royal Gorge" and Les wound up with that eventually as we split up some dual shows. You can probably find it at his A-Trains.com.
Sad to see the remnants, but at least the track is still there.
Greg