Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - Part 1 - Chama to Osier
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Colorado is home to some of the world’s most awe inspiring railroads. The Cumbres and Toltec has it all, a handsome steam locomotive at the head of a rake of beautifully restored passenger cars, working hard to climb the formidable grades of the Cumbres Pass high into the San Juan Mountains. We join our 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge train at Chama, New Mexico. At the head is a powerful Denver and Rio Grande Western K36 class Mikado type, 2-8-2 steam locomotive No. 489. The engine simmers as passengers arrive, snapping the occasional photograph, looking around the beautifully presented station and museum before finding their seats on the train. There is an air of excitement as departure time approaches, the whistle chimes and our locomotive erupts into life, sending out a plume of smoke we set out to conquer the challenging grades to reach Cumbres summit at an elevation of 10,015ft. Recorded 12th September 2017. Colorado, USA.
Click on this link to follow our route on this excellent map - carto.maps.arcg...
Music - ES_Tombstone Desperados 1 - Örjan Karlsson
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LOVE that little engine following the train.....
Hi, the little engine following the main train carries water to put out any fires caused by the hard working steam locomotive. I too would love to ride on the fire train 😉👌👍
Great that someone have had the time and energy to save some of these old steamers and wagons. There were probably thousands of them back in the day, but now just a couple of hand fulls that have not been scrapped.
It's so nice that these wonderful engines have not just been put in a museum, but kept in working order for future generations to enjoy. There is nothing quite like a real working steam locomotive. We owe a massive thank you to those who give up there free time and money to keep them running.
A TV channel ought to contact you regarding a regular railway adventure series! This so interesting!
Thank you, to be paid to do something I love would be my idea of a dream come true. It would be wonderful to have more time to film some of the memorable places I have been fortunate enough to visit.
Not a channel, but a station. Channels produce nothing, employ no-one, earn no revenue. A channel is no more than a chunk of the VHF or UHF spectrum and without a station to transmit a signal on it, it's nothing. Think back to the old analogue days of rotary tuning knobs. Turn the knob through however many channels are available on a particular VHF system, only a few will have a station transmitting programme content, the other channels will exhibit static hash(empty channel white noise plus "snow"). That said, yes, Tim's videos would do well on TV, perhaps one of the ITV stations.
As good as your video is....it can't truely capture how amazing this trip is!!! I just got back and now I'm watching this and reliving it!! Thanks!!!
Hi Claude, it is difficult to capture the vastness of the scenery on video, it is without doubt one of the worlds great rail journey's. I'm pleased this video was able to remind you of your recent trip.
It amuses me, the way that trackside personnel and objects keep disappearing in Tim's videos. "Okay, Scotty, we got a shot of the water tower. Beam it out of here."
I had to smile at the "Beam me up Scotty" quip. :-)
Reminds me of out trip in July 2007 but we left Antomito for Chama. I hope you had as much enjoyment as I did. From Cumbres Pass it is all down hill to Antonito.
It was an amazing ride, I hope you were able to relive some of your own 2007 experience.
You can't beat the scenery!
Colorado was amazing, such varied and diverse scenery.
It's half forest and half desert.
It's even got sand dunes.
And rolling prairie.
I've just uploaded Part 2. Wow, I'd forgotten how awesome the Toltec Gorge was.
What a terrific video, loved it so much I wanted to book a trip on this excursion for next summer. Beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing :-))
Hi Kathy, if you decide to go, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
O autêntico "Cavalo de Ferro" - o dos índios peles-vermelhas - a rebocar cinco carruagens "normais" e um vagon aberto para os "camones" reformados filmarem ou fotografarem o belíssimo e sinuoso percurso, enquanto não recorrem aos impermeáveis por causa da chuva ... Parabéns aos autores deste magnífico vídeo.
Obrigado, estou feliz que tenha gostado do passeio. O Cumbres & Toltec é uma verdadeira Ferrovia Do Oeste Selvagem, apenas os cowboys e índios estavam desaparecidos.
Thank you, I am pleased you enjoyed the ride. The Cumbres & Toltec is a real Wild West Railroad, only the cowboys and indians were missing.
Mr. Tim, really appreciate your videos. I haven't taken the ride on this one, but tracked it a couple times by motorcycle, and then spent a pleasant night at Foster's Hotel in Chama- you can watch and photograph the making up the train in the morning, right across the street, from the balcony. Recommend! Then go wander around the yards! Freight cars, rotary plows, engine shops...
Cheers, I'm glad you enjoyed some of my videos. I'm from the UK and I visited Colorado on an organised tour, we got to see a lot, but time was always short. I loved the place and look forward to returning in future as there is so much to see and do. I too would love to spend an hour or two looking round the yard at Chama, old stock and engine sheds fascinate me.
Foster's Hotel (and bar) is a worthwhile experience in itself. It's the only building of downtown Chama, they say, that didn't burn down in the fire of 18-I-forget-when. There's also a nice bakery and coffee shop down the street to the North...
I'm very tempted.
Taking my little son to ride this train next year: can't wait!
I hope you and your son enjoy your ride as much as I enjoyed mine.
Hi Tim! Great beautiful railroad trip! I'm seeing the Colorado is very rich to tourist destination at runs scenic streams. Very good!
Hi Chuck, Colorado is a real gem for rail-fans and I still have a lot more video taken during my holiday there to post.
A great adventure in the american wilderness thanks tim cheer's bob.
I'm pleased you enjoyed it, only Casey Jones at the throttle of the Cannon Ball express was missing.
Another great video! Thank you so much!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
At the ten-minute mark, to the right of the train, there was what looked like an abandoned track, the rails still visible. Great job, Tim!
In the video the tour guide says it's the original highway 17
Hi Neil, I agree with Zach Jones, the tour Guide says it is the original highway 17. I'm glad you the ride, I wish I had had more time to do the trip several times and film from the track side. The tour guide was really good and I wish I'd recorded more of his commentary.
It looked like railway tracks, could've been narrow-gauge but too distant to tell for certain.
in 1970 I helped fill the Lava water tank thinking we might need the water. There is a one cylinder diesel with 6 foot flywheels and no starter, pump engine .Which we started, to fill the tank .We had to spend the night to do it .
That's an interesting memory to have, especially the old single cylinder diesel engine pump. I got the impression the tank is no longer used.
On Tanglefoot Curve,at 23:28, the fireman uses the blowdown valve to release dirty water from the bottom of the firebox section of the boiler. This removes a portion of the water from the boiler and keeps the minerals from concentrating too much. It also takes any sediment out of the mud ring.
Thank you, it's nice to know the reason for the spectacular release of steam at 23:28
Love the views from your cameras. Excellent filming. I would have to find someplace away from the speakers though. That announcer became annoying very quickly!
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed the views, the commentator had some really interesting stuff to say, but it isn't the same when you can't see him or what he is pointing at.
Why is the small yellow car following you train? Any safety requirement??
Hi, the little rail vehicle following the train is there to put out any fires started by hot cinders emitted from the steam locomotive.
Wow I been to America in Las Vegas but I didn’t go to the railway.But hey I been to bolder city
I really enjoyed visiting America, Colorado has a number of wonderful heritage railways, can't wait for travel restrictions to be lifted so that I can return.
Great, amasing video
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Magnificent country up there. Just too bad to see all the dead lodgepole pines, killed mainly by the pine bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae).
The scenery was beautiful, the commentator on the train mentioned the beetle being the cause of so many dead trees. I clicked on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pine_beetle to learn more about problems caused by the beetle.
who needs Portillo? There's parts that look very like Switzerland, with those farmhouses dotted about the hillside. That's a pretty impressive gradient 7:25!
Micheal Portillo does a good job. I would love to give up work to spend more time exploring and filming the world's most memorable train journeys, some of the people I meet have stories that really should be shared. The two Micheals, Palin and Portillo have the best jobs in the world. Some of the the gradients are steep 4% (1:25), not quite as steep as those on the adhesion worked Bernina line in Switzerland. The scenery was very similar to Switzerland and New Zealand in places.
Yeah, that Michael Portillo does rabbit on a bit too much, especially about that ancient, out-of-date Bradshaw's directory. His "Great British Railway Journeys is shown on SBS here in Australia. His seemingly incessant ramblings about that bloody book have killed the show for me. I'd much rather watch Timsvideochannel1! Cheers, Tim!
I did not read your blurb what about New Mexico
I mentioned that Chama is in New Mexico in the blurb, the line crosses the border a number of times during the trip, this must have caused a few problems where the laws were different in the two States. I overheard a conversation that indicated marijuana was legal in one State but not the other, I don't know if this true.
Personally, I have never ridden on either....this C & T railway nor the Durango & Silverton, but from viewing videos of both lines, I think the D & S is way more scenic than this hilly pasture line. Just my opinion...
The two railways are different in character, I enjoyed both although for really dramatic scenery the D&S takes some beating.
The music, which is way too loud, is distracting. Worse still is the narrator, who never stops imparting unless information.
Hi, apart from the music at the beginning, was the rest OK? I used still images at the start, I could have used train noises lifted from elsewhere in the video as background as I tend to do more in my latest videos. I do listen to what people say and I use less music in recent videos. Cheers for the feed back. Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 The images and editing were just fine. Thanks.
I hate the camera on the back of the train
This is the view from Garfield Memorial Tunnel, AKA Rock Tunnel to Colorado Line, all New Mexico ua-cam.com/video/m-GD4vhA3No/v-deo.html
Hi, thanks for the link, the view was awesome, I'd forgotten just how dramatic the scenery the line passed through was, makes me want to visit again.
@@Timsvideochannel1 There is not anything but Cow Trails to this place at 10,000 plus elevation, that river below is over 1000' below this spot.
@@tomgregory6275 Wish I was there now, so much better than being stuck at home to avoid spreading the Covid-19 virus, no problems with 2 metre social distancing from where that video was filmed 😉
@@Timsvideochannel1 Tim, there is sometimes 500 inches of snow in the total winter deposit-ed at Cumbres pass and La Manga pass also Wolf Creek Ski Run gets the most snow in Colorado, only a few miles away, so in a good season, snowdrifts at the place I filmed that video is sometimes 30' deep and melt slowly so takes the end of May to even be passable on foot, I have backpacked and explored the border for years and wisdom at 10,000 ft is simple, do not try to access this area unit the end of May. PS I once tried to use 4k on A Mavic Drone, there is such a natural vortex there it is nigh on impossible to land without a crash. TT
@@tomgregory6275 Gosh, it's hard for me to imagine that much snow. It was reasonably warm during my stay in Colorado, although on my last day as I caught the train to Denver airport the temperature plummeted, giving me a taste of how quickly the weather can change. If I lived close by, I'd want to capture the mountains in all four seasons assuming its safe to do so. I find landing my drone a challenge at the best of times, even with blade guards, it doesn't take much to damage the props.