Amazingly, I got my Dispatch up here in Minnesota at least a week ago.
Per the brochure, the prices are as follows:
Both days (Member): $290
Both days (Non-Member): $310
Single day (Member): $170
Single Day (Non-Member): $180
Make checks payable to Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Inc.
Mail to:
Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Inc.
5732 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone (for Info, I presume): (505) 880-1311 voice
(505) 881-2444 fax
They do take Mastercard or Visa and you can also call TOLL FREE 888-483-2486 (ORDERS ONLY).
This sounds similar in price and itinerary to the Trains Unlimited tour I took a year ago, and I had a great time and got a lot of great photos. The aspens were spectacularly golden in the last days of September, 1999, and are probably still pretty good (maybe even better) in October. I'll leave it up to the locals to comment on the likely state of the aspens by October 10 and 11.