Robin and I arrived at the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Antonito and started to explore.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 2-8-2 K37 493, nee Denver and Rio Grande standard-gauge 1105, built by the railroad in 1928, was on a display train at the main entrance to the parking lot.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5747, built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western refrigerator car 166, built by the railroad in 1926.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3524, built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock cars.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad passenger car 211, nee Denver and Rio Grande box car 3469, built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 6509, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western standard-gauge gondola, number unknown, built by American Car and Foundry and the railroad in 1940
Denver and Rio Grande Western side dump gondola, number unknown.
Denver and Rio Grande Western water tower and hand car shed. The current tank was moved from La Jara, Colorado to Antonito in 1973 when the original Antonito tank was moved to Lava, New Mexico.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad coaches 500 "Alamosa", nee Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 652 built by the railroad in 1982 and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic coach 503 "Del Norte", nee Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 6516, built by the railroad in 1982.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad coaches 522 "Sublette", nee Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car AX4606, built by the railroad in 1993 and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic coach 504 "San Luis", nee Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 6540, built by the railroad in 1982.
Denver and Rio Grande Western hopper car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flanger OJ, nee Denver and Rio Grande 8, built by the railroad in 1885.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car, number unknown.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 47 ton switcher 19, nee Oahu Railway and Land Company 19, built by General Electric in 1943.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car, number unknown.
Georgetow, Leadville abd Breckenridge flat car, number unknown.
Denver and Rio Grande Western caboose 05635, nee Denver and Rio Grande stock car 5635, rebuilt in 1976.
Three new Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad tank cars.
Union Tank Car 11036, nee Union Tank Car 58424, built by the company in 1936.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad new flat car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3244 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904; currently Cumbres and Toltec Scenic concession car 3244.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 6627, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western standard-gauge box car, built by the railroad in 1956.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car 5995 built by American Car and Foundry in 1923.
Denver and Rio Grande Western flat car 6529, nee Dever and Rio Grande Western standard-gauge gondola, built by American Car and Foundry and the railroad in 1940.
Denver and Rio Grande Western side dump gondola 756, built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 727, built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western pile driver OB, nee Denver and Rio Grande 0363, built by the railroad in 1891.
Denver and Rio Grande Western baggage car 163, nee Denver and Rio Grande 15, built by the railroad in 1883.
Denver and Rio Grande maintenance-of-way sleeper 460, built by the railroad in 1886.
Denver and Rio Grande Western railway post office car 053, built by the railroad in 1885 and converted to a maintenance-of-way car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car, number unknown.
Denver and Rio Grande Western coach 256, nee Denver and Rio Grande 12 "La Veta", built by Billmeyer & Small in 1876.
Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger car, number unknown.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car, number unknown.
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 2-6-2 K37 494 built by the railroad in 1928 from standard gauge 2-8-0 1120.
Denver and Rio Grande Western outside-braced box car 68301.
Denver and Rio Grande Western outside-braced box car 67971.
Denver and Rio Grande Western idler flat car 010793, built by the railroad.
Denver and Rio Grande Western 4-6-0 168, built by Baldwin in 1883.
The current Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad station, built in 1977, in Antonito, after which we went downtown.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Antonito station built in the 1880's. Our next stop was La Jara.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western La Jara station built in 1911. Robin and I continued on to Alamosa.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Alamosa station built in 1908.
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train F7A 788, ex. Chicago and North Western 410, nee Chicago and North Western 4082A, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1949.
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train F7A 787, ex. Cadillac and Lake City 71, exx. Coe Rail 716, exxx. Burlington Northern 716, exxx. Burlington Northern 9756, nee Spokane, Portland and Seattle 804, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1953.
Canadian National F7B 6622, ex. VIA 6622, nee Canadian National 6622, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1957.
Carolina Southern F7A 9163, nee Canadian National 9116, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1952. From here we drove to Cole Park.
Denver and Rio Grande Western 4-6-0 169 built by Baldwin in 1883. In 1939, the locomotive was refurbished at the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Burnham Shops in Denver, to appear at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. In 1941, the railroad donated it to the City of Alamosa and it has been on display in downtown Cole Park ever since. It is one of the oldest surviving locomotives of the Rio Grande Railroad. Also on display is business car B-1, built by Jackson and Sharpe in 1880 as 33 "Bovincia" and re-built into a business car in 1885.
Continuing our exploration, the next stop was Monte Vista.
San Luis Central SW9 70, ex. Coors Brewing C997, nee Cincinnati Union Terminal 36 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1952, at Sugar Creek Junction shops.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Monte Vista station.
Tank cars in storage in Del Norte.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Del Norte station.
In South Fork, we found some stored freight cars then arrived at South Fork and found the Denver Rio Grande Railroad.
Southern Pacific B30-7 7863, built by General Electric in 1979.
Denver and Rio Grande Western South Fork station.
United States Air Force 44 ton switcher 1244, built by General Electric in 1953.
Port of Corpus Christi 25 ton switcher 1, built by General Electric.
Detroit and Mackinac observation car 99, nee Lake Superior and Ishpeming 21 "Munising", built by Pullman in 1901
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific wooden coach 8, builder and year unknown.
Passenger equipment not being used.
Denver and Rio Grande Western box car 3088 built by American Car and Foundry in 1904.
Denver and Rio Grande Western stock car. There was a railroad display along the highway and we naturally stopped.
The water tower in South Fork behind a string of stored coal cars.
Seaboard Coast Line observation car PPCX 6401 ex. SCL 775003, exx. Seaboard Airline instruction car rebuilt from a coach.
White Satin Brighton 44 ton switcher 1, ex. Amalgamated Sugar 1, exx. Amalgamated Sugar 4, exxx. Great Western 40, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 40, built by General Electric in 1942.
Santa Fe business car 36, built by Pullman in 1924.
The water tower in South Fork built in 1881. Our last stop of the day was in Salida.
Koppers Company 24 inch 0-4-0T 40, built by H.K. Porter in 1926. It worked for the Koppers Company creosote plant, which operated in Smeltertown near Salida from 1926 until 1953. The Koppers plant (home-based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) treated raw wood railroad ties with creosote as a preservative. The engine was moved to the park in 1953 and began attracting tourists the same year the museum opened in a small room at the nearby Hot Springs Pool. It is known as the Little Dinky.
A semaphore signal here. Robin and I checked into the Classic America Inn and had an excellent meal at the Quincy Restaurant before we returned to our room for the night.
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