Re: 315 & 463 westbound out of Antonito

Ed Horan Wrote:
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> Another fine example of "big picture rail-
> roading in narrow gauge country".  The
> first shot is spectacular.    

I'll second that motion!!    


Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> . . .  I think that the regular opening day in May
> provides the best opportunities for views of snowy
> mountains towering over the train.


Right On, Olaf -

Snow on the peaks doesn't hang around long after Memorial Day — especially on the sunny south sides of Blanca Peak and Crestone Needle.  On June 23, 2012 there were only a few tiny patches of snow on their northeast sides when I rode the SL&RG up to Fir for one of their fabulous Beer Tasting parties:


. . .  And here's the curve at m.p. 286.72 on May 26, 2010 — roughly two years after my photo of #315 on the trestle was taken, looking in the opposite direction:


This is the curve that the train is rounding in the top photo of your first post.  The top of the new culvert barely shows in front of the fill at the left, above.

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