USA - The steam loco 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Railway

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Andreas Umnus
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USA - The steam loco 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Railway

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In the late summer of 1998 I spend my holidays in the USA at a reader trip of the "Eisenbahnkurier". This was a special trip because it was announced to visit some railways in the USA. It needed not long then I decided to book this journey.
We were a groupe of 20 or thirty people when the journey began. If you believe it or not, 10 of us meet almost every year yet. And at this journey we became really good friends.

On the August 26 we were in Antonito where one terminus of the line Antonito - Charma is. The other terminus is - yes, you're right - in Charma. After we had breakfast in the "Narrow Gauge Railroad Inn" - see picture of the sign of the motel below, we spend the time at the depot where they already prepared the 2-8-2 No.484 for the trip, until the trip began. Here are some pictures of the loco.
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Sign of the "Narrow Gauge Railroad Inn" - Antonito
Sign of the "Narrow Gauge Railroad Inn" - Antonito
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In the depot. - Antonito
In the depot. - Antonito
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No. 484 is leaving the depot. - Antonito
No. 484 is leaving the depot. - Antonito
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The 2-8-2 loco is coming. - Antonito
The 2-8-2 loco is coming. - Antonito
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No. 484 - a 2-8-2 loco onto its way to the passenger cars. - Antonito
No. 484 - a 2-8-2 loco onto its way to the passenger cars. - Antonito
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No. 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Railway is coming back from the water tower to couple the train at the station. - Antonito
No. 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Railway is coming back from the water tower to couple the train at the station. - Antonito
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Some participants still enjoy looking at the train, some of them take pictures and other participants make a movie. - Antonito
Some participants still enjoy looking at the train, some of them take pictures and other participants make a movie. - Antonito
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The No. 484 is almost ready to leave the station of Antonito with the train to Charma. - Antonito
The No. 484 is almost ready to leave the station of Antonito with the train to Charma. - Antonito
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Ian Roberts
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Re: USA - The steam loco 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Railway

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Note the mixed gauge track in some of the photos, all the lines here were originally built as 3' gauge but the section North to Alamosa was converted first to mixed gauge and then after the closure of the D & RGW narrow gauge it became standard gauge only with just a few remnants of the mixed gauge surviving at Antonito.
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