Trains from both ends (Chama and Antonito) meet at Osier for feeding the passengers, cafeteria style. Entrees on our day were meatloaf, turkey, or soup and salad. The portions of meatloaf were quite large. Both trains are at Osier for about an hour.
Osier dining hall
Jo in our car.
Me at front of locomotive. That is an engineers cap in my right hand.
Here is a good side view of our 1925 Baldwin K 36 locomotive at Osier.
Leaving Osier this nice spot of color appeared.
As we continued up the valley of the Rio de Los Pintos homes began to appear.
The tracks are close to one another at Tanglefoot Curve which was necessary gradually to gain elevation to reach Cumbres Pass
Great view down the Rio de Los Pintos valley from near its head. We are in the upper track of the Tanglefoot Curve approaching Cumbres Pass, the highest point on the railroad at 10,015 ft.
Shortly after watering up at Cumbres Pass, the line continues around Windy Point, as does the highway, CO 17. The roadbed is higher than the highway, at the base of the nearly vertical rocks.
The locomotive discharged water with concentrated impurities, and I was lucky enough to capture the image of the rainbow in the droplets of water.
Here is a better shot of Windy Point where both the road and the railroad grade are visible.
Here is the Lobato Trestle as we neared Chama. The trestle was burned in June 2010 requiring the railroad to truck a locomotive, tender and cars to Cumbres Pass which served at its western terminus for a year until the trestle could be replaced.
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