DRGW CABOOSE RIDE ON 100 YEAR OLD RAIL
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2024
- Ride A Rio Grande "Branch Line Freight" and Zephyr Passenger Trains
Ride on an old branch line of the Denver & Rio Grande Western built in the 1880s to serve the Colorado Fuel & Iron limestone quarry at Monarch, Colorado. Originally part of the D&RGW's 3 foot narrow-gauge system, the 15 mile line connected with the rest of the narrow-gauge network at Poncha Junction, on the Marshall Pass line. The upper part of the Branch was on a 4.5% grade and included both an "S" curve and a double switchback to reach an elevation of over 10,000 ft. The line was converted to standard-gauge in 1956 after the narrow-gauge mainline from Salida to Gunnison was closed in the early 1950s. From that time forward, the line operated as a standard-gauge branch of the D&RGW until the early 1980s when Colorado Fuel & Iron closed its blast furnaces at Pueblo, Colorado. Operations on the Monarch Branch subsequently ceased and the rails were pulled up a short time later.
Here are some all time images of Rio Grande GP-30s shot from the Caboose on a local! These are all visions you can no longer see today! At 5 minutes we take a ride on the Rio Grande Zephyr Passenger Train thru Glenwood Canyon! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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Graffiti free cars! Wonderful ! !
Fantastic Trip 😊
I like the caboose So nice are the memories of the train caboose Especially the commercial passenger trains with freight trains parked on adjacent tracks and the caboose at the end
Do I miss those days of the caboose and graffiti free rail car except for the hobo signs written in chalk.
I enjoyed riding on the California Zephyr from Grand Junction to Denver and a few trips from Grand Junction to Rifle with my school class. Sure wish the streamliner zephyrs would come back into service again.
Thank you Mr Smiley The Rio Grande was a great railroad I enjoy the memories of the Rio Grande Railroad
I, too, miss the Rio Grande Railroad and the cabooses that brought up the tail end of the trains, whether long or short, always a caboose the way a train should look !!
Many Thanks for this memory tickler, And your details! Watched the Monarch branch in its heyday and then being torn up ~ being a harbinger of Tennessee Pass. Rode the Zephyr dozens of times in all seasons- hundreds of great pictures... remember the rainbow trout on silver service and white tablecloths?
Thanks for posting this Charles! Rio Grande: Ruler of the Rockies!
GP30 3001 is still working away on the Central Montana RR as their 3001.
Epic
Hey there! Big fan. Just here to say that Glenwood Canyon is mislabeled in this video, as it is actually Debeque Canyon. You can see Mt. Garfield in the background. I would Imagine this video was shot between Tunnel and Cameo. I assert this because I haul freight trains over this line today. Cheers
Today is so freaking stupid compared to yesteryear...
Mostly, but I do enjoy CZcams RR videos.