Re: A few more from an '09 #315 trip

Scott Turner Wrote:
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> If you've ever done an eastbound photo charter
> on the C&TS, you probably know this location.
> Between Sublette & Toltec siding there's a nice
> set of S-curves with a cut at the end that offers
> a great vantage point to shoot from.

What you mean-um 'eastbound', Kemo Sabé?

Being at least a dozen years younger, you had an easier time getting to a better vantage point — but my shot that afternoon shows the train was heading west:


Scott Turner (Also) Wrote:
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> Shadows are already lengthening by the time we
> reach Phantom Curve making for some difficult
> exposures.

I'll second that motion, Scott:


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

p.s.  I only waited a dozen years (and a few months) between my first trip through Toltec Tunnel #2 in early June of 1960 and my first run-by there in late October of 1972.  The C&TS first 'Phraud-O-Phreight™ (well, semi-Phraud-O, anyway – the tenders weren't even re-lettered Rio Grande) ran from Chama to Big Horn and back, so – as in 2013 – the run-by at the west portal was beautifully lit with warm late-afternoon light — IIRC what you pro photographers call the "golden hour":

(Olaf: Bemerken Sie die Eiszapfen.)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2020 05:50PM by Russo Loco.