Re: Fall color on the "other" narrow gauge line.

> Chris Walker Wrote:
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> > Nice to see the Sumpter again, [it] has been
> > missing from these pages for awhile now.
> >
> > These guys get nowhere enough coverage
> > that they deserve.

et&wnc Wrote:
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> Wow, amazing shots!
>
> All too true, but in all fairness this is a very Co-
> lorado/New Mexico-centric forum.  The words,
> 'narrow gauge' in general means "D&RGW" for
> many US train fans and nothing else. But even
> among narrow gauge lines, the Sumpter Valley
> is woefully underrepresented in general.

I think that's because at least a few of us who post here – unlike with the EBT or Sumpter Valley or Westside Lumber – actually saw the D&RGW when it was still an active class-one freight-hauling railroad, running at least a couple of times a week through some spectacular and very photogenic country.  Plus, the Silverton Train has been hauling large numbers of tourists, also through some spectacular country, for well over half a century — so far more people are familiar with the ex-D&RGW lines than those which were pretty much gone by 1960 or even before.

> I live in the Pacific Northwest and I don't know any-
> one who's ever gone down there in person to see /
> photo / ride it.   Like some of them, I plan to event-
> ually but it's not on the way to anywhere for me.


I live in Ventura, California -

Several hundred miles farther from the SVRy than my fellow Curmudgeon the JéBêWèX, and even I have managed a visit — see [ngdiscussion.net].  You owe it to yourself – and to the SVRy – to get yourself down there!!   Believe me, you will NOT regret the extra few miles — most of which will be through areas worth seeing in their own right.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



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