November 19, 2004 11:57AM
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I was fortunate to have been on that train. Quite a trip. Unfortunately I was too busy having fun take more pictures and better notes.
But here is an interesting sidelight. The delicious food on the train was catered by the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe. And the person overseeing that operation was the manager of the La Fonda at the time - a man named Bill Harvey. Yep, you guessed it. He was Fred Harvey's grandson. Talk about history repeating itself.
We made an extended lunch stop at Gato, and we got to browse through the Gomez store. The place was a veritable museum, with things like high button shoes - still in their boxes. Pagosa Springs got a treasure there when the moved the store, assuming most of the stock was still intact.
Another interesting bit of trivia which will appeal most to the hard core rail freaks amongst us was the battle we had getting up Cumbres. This was late November and we had had some early heavy snows. As a result, 483 was having to buck 2-3 foot drifts. Quite a show.
Finally, I had a chance to talk with a Mr. Waring who was the chief engineer for the D&RGW. He told me that their rail replacement rate greatly increased after they switched to diesels, which had a tendency to burn the rails. Much higher than with the steamers. (This was before the advent of wheel slip controls)
All in all this was a trip to be treasured and remembered forever.
CJ
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