Lets ride, Antonito to Osier behind 463

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Lets ride, Antonito to Osier behind 463

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:56 am

The Saturday after session E ended, I planned a ride on 215 from Antonito to Chama and, since 463 went over on 216 Friday, knew it would lead the train back on Saturday. Due to the number of pictures taken I am dividing this into 2 parts. The second, Osier to Chama will follow.
1 463 readys for the trip to Chama.jpg
463 sits quietly in Antonito waiting departure time and a crew to run it.

2 My ride for the day.jpg
Parlor New Mexico, my ride for the day.

3 County road E5 is crossed and we had fans.jpg
Looking back toward Antonito over county road E5, where I had set up the previous Sunday.

4 The high desert country traversied as we leave Antonito.jpg
463 rounds a curve in the high desert we traverse headed out of Antonito.

5 Whiplash curve as we enter the transition zone to alpine high country.jpg
Headed into Whiplash Curve.

6 The upper level of the climb through Whiplash curve.jpg
Reaching the upper level of the curve.

7 Looking back down at the first and second levels of the curve.jpg
Looking back on the lower 2 levels of Whiplash Curve.

8 The Forest Service road that goes down to the valley of the Los Pinos.jpg
The forest service road which heads down to the valley of the Los Pinos and where I set up the previous weekend.

9 Looking back toward Mt. San Antonino which is a inactive volcano.jpg
Mt. San Antonio, an inactive volcano, which dominates most of the trip out of Antonito.

10 Looking down at an off grid summer home in the river valley.jpg
Looking down into the Los Pinos valley at an off grid home.
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Re: Lets ride, Antonito to Osier behind 463

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:09 pm

11 The second location used to photograph the train the week before.jpg
The second location on the road down to the valley that I used. The railroad has used this area to stage ballast.

12 Catching the high alpine country and the people looking at it.jpg
Catching the high alpine country as well as the parlor car passengers looking out at it.

13 Coming into Sublet, one of the section camps along the right of way.jpg
Approaching Sublet and the water stop.

16 Section foreman's house in Sublet.jpg
Looking back at Sublet as we leave, the section foreman's home and other buildings.

18 Looking down at the Los Pinos valley and one of the volcanic plugs that rise up.jpg
Looking down into the Los Pinos valley east of Toltec Gorge

20 An overall prospective of the gorge and valley on the outlet side.jpg
Looking over the valley toward the east side of Toltec Gorge.

22 Looking back through Mud Tunnel with the smoke haze.jpg
Looking back through Mud Tunnel with the smoke haze.

25 Exiting Rock Tunnel.jpg
The west portal of Rock Tunnel.

27 The Garfield monument at Toltec Gorge.jpg
The iconic Garfield monument at Toltec Gorge.

30 Looking over toward Osier as our train approaches, look carefully to the right of the yellow building, the east bound train can be seen.jpg
Looking across the balloon track toward Osier as we approach. Train 216 can be seen sitting in front of the lunch room.
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