Opening Day, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, NM!
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2021
- June 5, 2021 was the opening day for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's Chama operation. 487 leads passengers to Osier, CO and back.
Leaving the Chama yard is like taking a step back in time to another era. Sheep are being herded at Lobato by horseback riders and sheep dogs. Some of the most beautiful scenery in the country is to be found between Chama and Osier. After departing Cumbres, 487 glides down the curves at Tanglefoot through a beautiful meadow before continuing on to Los Pinos and Osier.
Great show of locomotive #487 I love, especially when it's opening day!
I try to never miss an opening day!
To see a steam train passing thru some magnificent scenery, it's gold. The drone footages are awesome.👍
Thanks, Dom. I've always thought that would be a good place for the drone!
Another nice one, Tom. Headed out there in a couple of days. Thanks for your efforts. 👍🏻
Have a good time, Kevin!
Good to see the railroad up and running again.
Indeed! Thanks for watching!
Awesome video and really enjoyed it. Felt like I was there. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great compilation of a steam train! Nice view with the drone
Many thanks!
Fantastic video
Thanks! 😃
Awesome video . The lamps on top of the switch stands looked so cool ! Anybody else notice this ?
Thank you! A few people have noticed them.
Nice video, Tom! That whistle on 487 sure is... distinct haha. Thanks for the coverage.
Thanks, Mark!
That’s the original whistle it wore for decades. It’s got a hooter bowl and a 5 chime bell and is noticeably higher pitched than any of the other 5s . She sounds great if you can get a good quill
@@AustinGoodwin1 Thanks for commenting Austin. You guys did a great job on the 168 run.
@@AustinGoodwin1 thanks for the info. I thought it sounded like the whistle it had for years. Was it the same whistle it had back in the 90s as well? I have a bunch of old DVDs I remember watching of C&T and 487 when I was a kid and it definitely sounded significantly different from how it sounds now.
@@MPT_Productions same one: so far as I know the only intermission until 2018 was 2003-04 when it had the flattop 5 chime
I believe it’s a CB&Q 5 Chime on 487! It sounds very much like what NKP 587’s whistle in the late 1980’s
Interesting!
Its actually a D&RGW 5 chime. Its just been tuned to have higher pitched notes.
Glad to see the first coal train for the year. I’ll be there in September to ride. 👍👍👍
It was good to see it. 489 has been converted to oil and will be in service soon.
@@YardLimit
I hope not by September 30. I want to ride a coal burner, don’t care for oil burner, they smell bad.
Maybe you will have me for a docent. I'll be out there and available 9/4 through 9/18. Docent's "rides" are assigned by the docent coordinator and while I will staying in Chama, I may be assigned to a "ride" at either end of the line. J. H. Sullivan
@@railroadman32257 Contact the railroad.
I always wondered what that shack looking thing is on the tender. Anyone know?
Normally, freight operations required both a head-end brakeman and a brakeman at the rear of the train. Often, there wasn't a lot of extra room in the cab. The fireman didn't always like to share his seat with the brakeman and there wasn't really enough room to stand without getting in the way of the fireman. By 1937, new locomotives were built with enough room to seat the head-end brakeman in the cab. Older locomotives were modified with a small cabin on the top of the tender for the head-end brakeman. This was called a "doghouse".
No more boiler blowdowns around tangle foot curve? Is that a new policy? I always thought that was a pretty neat display.
It sure would have been.
Great video! Where is the spot at 9:20? Is that “The Narrows”? I can never seem to find it on a map
It's coming out of the narrows right before Lobato.
@@YardLimit alright thank you!
What kind of cow catcher is that? Looks like it's used to clear snow off the tracks, right?
Yes
484,488 and 489 are in the roundhouse
Very good!
Every single time they notice the camera, they will honk like screaming lol
Awesome video but OMG that whistle. What kind of 5 chime is that?
I have no idea!
Maybe a CB&Q?
@@realethanangell actually a D&RGW 5 chime Rizzoli replica, it was sent away after the 2017 to get a new languid plate and now it is a modified D&RGW 5 with a D&RGW hooter bowl on the bottom which is why you hear some shrieking on the whistle when they blow it very loudly.
thats a weird whistle.
Yes it is!
The giant S-Curves just east of Cumbres Pass are known as "Tanglefoot Curve", NOT Tanglewood......
I knew that. Thanks for pointing that out.