Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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Up the hill a bit is a Weather Device operated by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
At this point, two (2) things begin to happen. First, C&TS#484 breaks away as we no longer need the helper engine and C&TS#488 pulls out of Cumbres to continue our day long trip. As we pull forward I pass the Water Standpipe
Like Lisa, I now pass the Cumbres Depot
Here you can see the Car Inspector's House (1911)
The next thing coming into view is the Show Shed
The site of the Covered Turntable can be seen as a partial circle on the ground. The dotted circle shows the location of the covered turntable on the long leg of the snow shed between 1885 and 1916. It was a gallows-type turntable, measuring 50 feet in diameter and was used to turn locomotives.
With the C&TS#484 moved onto the Wye, the #488 pulls forward bring me past the first Equipment Shed
Between passing the first and second Equipment Shed I catch C&TS#484 on the Wye.
Now I pass the second Shed
As we roll pass the Wye we can see C&TS#484 backing up into the Snow Shed.
VIDEO CLIP #6a - C&TS #484 (K-36) @ Show Shed / Wye
C&TS#484 sits a the top of the Wye at the Snow Shed as we begin to head down the pass.
C&TS#484 still doing a "steam blowdown" as we pull away with a couple of Railfans take close shots.
As our train (pulled by C&TS#488) pulls away from the Wye, #484 starts back down the Wye to the mainline.
C&TS#484 pull in behind us to head back to Chama as no double headers are allowed east of this point.
VIDEO CLIP #6b - C&TS #484 (K-36) heads back to Chama...
Here is a shot as we start into Tanglefoot Curve
Does anyone know how Tanglefoot Curve got it's name?
No takers on my question about Tanglefoot Curve
At this location, railroad builders had to lay track in wide loops to gain 39 feet of elevation. Eastbound train crews would jump off the slow moving trains on the upper track, walk down to the lower track, inspect the trains for "hot boxes" (burned out bearings) and reboard the caboose. Legend has it that many years ago a Trainman "tangled" his foot in a briar and slid down the bank almost into the path of his own train - hence the name. The tracks pass each other within feet as the loop is in the shape of a tear drop. If the train was long enough you could nearly touch the caboose from the engine.
Stourbridge Lion C&TS#484 still doing a "steam blowdown" as we pull away with a couple of Railfans take close shots.
I've greatly enjoyed your pictires and hope you have more to share with us. Just a minor correction to the caption of this shot. It's not a "blowdown' but actually is the safety valve "popping off".
Mark
Here is Motor Car #101 pulling #208T on the upper track as we pass by on the lower track.
KCSfan Stourbridge Lion: C&TS#484 still doing a "steam blowdown" as we pull away with a couple of Railfans take close shots. I've greatly enjoyed your pictires and hope you have more to share with us. Just a minor correction to the caption of this shot. It's not a "blowdown' but actually is the safety valve "popping off". Mark
Stourbridge Lion: C&TS#484 still doing a "steam blowdown" as we pull away with a couple of Railfans take close shots.
Thanks Mark!
Yes, there is lots more of this Trip Report coming and it goes beyond the C&TS Ride
Yes, I have as well. Very nostalgic especially since I was one of the dozens of volunteers, who, in the summer of 1970, put this line and equipment back into operation.
Hi!
This is a terrific thread, and I really enjoy it!
While we have been on the C&T a few times in the last 10 years or so, we haven't been to Durango in a good 12 years. I have a picture (can't locate it right now) I took along side a road outside of Durango of a red Santa Fe caboose attached end to end with a D&RG yellow (?) caboose. The center part was protected by plexiglas and it was obviously someone's home.
Has anyone else out there seen this?
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
As we continue around the curve Lisa catches some shots of the Fall Colors in the area.
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