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WELCOME TO THE COLORADO TIME-TABLE MEMBERS PAGE. Chama, New Mexico 87520. Click here to return to The Time-table home page. THE FOLLOWING EDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO READ ONLINE:. Click here to subscribe to. Visit The Colorado Time-Table on Facebook. The Colorado Time-table BLOG is now opem! Come over and visit us HERE. Camera one is a cat-cam. From The Boxcar restaurant. CDOT camera at Cumbres Pass. ALWAYS HIT THE 'REFRESH' KEY WHEN LOADING THIS PAGE. UPDATED November 26, 2014. Ring Owner: Nathan Holmes.
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Colorado Railroads: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Announces Lease To Fully Restore T-12 Engine 168
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Since 1867 and 2006. Monday, April 20, 2015. Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Announces Lease To Fully Restore T-12 Engine 168. Colorado Springs City Council has approved a lease of D&RG 168 by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad for the purpose of full restoration to steam. It was initially proposed to the city. Rio Grande 168 rests placidly under a thin blanket of snow on April 10, 2004. Photo by Steve Walden*. The 168 is one of two surviving T-12 class. June 13, 1943 Same engine and city but can you spot.
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Colorado Railroads: Ask the Editor: Can I Get From Vail to Denver Using Old Rails?
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Since 1867 and 2006. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Ask the Editor: Can I Get From Vail to Denver Using Old Rails? One of the first questions I received using the Ask the Editor. Form is from Tim S. of Sydney, Australia who asks,. Is it possible to get from Vail. To Denver using old rails? Vail ski area, photo by David Benbennick. Here's my answer,. Good to hear from you via the site! The route over Vail Pass is the most direct candidate for a rail route to Denver. But it was completed in 1940 when the ori...
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Colorado Railroads: D&RGW 3600 Locomotives
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Since 1867 and 2006. Friday, July 24, 2015. By Dave Straight and John Hill. Sadly all met with the scrapper's torch in 1955 and 1956, five in 1955, engines 3600, 3603, 3614, 3617 and 3618, the remainder in 1956 with none saved for posterity. Unfortunately, this was the same for all but one locomotive of the D&RG standard gauge steam fleet. 8220;About a week before their leaving Tabernash, A hostler let me up in the cab of the 3609."Just don't touch anything! They told me. But I got to blow the whistl...
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Colorado Railroads: POTD: Snowy Majesty From Greenland Ranch
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Since 1867 and 2006. Friday, April 10, 2015. POTD: Snowy Majesty From Greenland Ranch. Today we get a second shot from March 25 by Chris Paulhamus. When the weather is perfect like this, would you turn a second shot down? Taken an hour later than Monday. S POTD, Chris notes. Photo of the Day: Chris Paulhamus. Even on it's own, weather differences can make for a startling contrast, especially in spring when warmth along the Front Range doesn't reach the snowy climes at altitude. For the next two month...
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Colorado Railroads: Last Minute Nudge Needed for Southwest Chief
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Since 1867 and 2006. Friday, April 10, 2015. Last Minute Nudge Needed for Southwest Chief. ColoRail, the Colorado Rail Passenger Association. Has requested the readers of Colorado Railroads help support a last minute effort to help preserve funding in Colorado's annual budget for rehabilitating the Southwest Chief. As many of you already know, Amtrak had been forced to look at re-routing the train mid route after BNSF reduced maintenance on its present route. On board, Amtrak says it will not. The 6 memb...
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Colorado Railroads: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train Passes Through Monument
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Since 1867 and 2006. Saturday, June 13, 2015. Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus Train Passes Through Monument. On Monday evening, Walt Loevy caught the UP-led Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey circus train on it's way north through Monument on the west side of the grade with dusk approaching. Be warned: the flange noise on the curve is pretty loud! He catches up with it at Greenland, well after sunset for a final look. https:/ youtu.be/o9rn4klHKT8. Dispatch, send me:. Location: Monument, CO, USA.
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Colorado Railroads: Locate
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Since 1867 and 2006. Locate a Colorado Railroad. Colorado's rich scenic beauty, its heritage and history, its resources and its complex and diverse ecology are all united by the networks of transportation, its railroads, but also its skyways and highways. None of that would be recognizable without maps. For those who want an authoritative map, with all the resources of an official institution, your ideal is published by the Colorado Railroad Museum, available folded for under $10. Map available detailing...
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Colorado Railroads: March 2015
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Since 1867 and 2006. Friday, March 27, 2015. POTD - Portrait of a Silver Lady in Glenwood Canyon. Having ridden the Rio Grande Zephyr only once from Denver to Glenwood Springs, the weekend of its demise, I am no expert on the experience, but I can say that my trip on the last run of the last remnant of the Silver Lady far exceeded the usual type of magic that a train trip always seems to conjure. Was it something else, or all of it together? I do not know. Photo of the Day: Chris Nuthall. POTD - Portrait...
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Colorado Railroads: July 2015
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Since 1867 and 2006. Friday, July 31, 2015. POTD - Full Moon Lights An Empty Main Line. Photo of the Day: Kevin the Krazy 1. Dispatch, send me:. Tags: Denver and Rio Grande Western. Location: Salida, CO 81201, USA. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. POTD - Bowie Black Diamonds. Photo of the Day: Kevin the Krazy 1. Dispatch, send me:. Denver and Rio Grande Western. Location: Paonia, CO 81428, USA. Friday, July 24, 2015. By Dave Straight and John Hill. Sadly all met with the scrapper's torch in 1955 and 1956, five ...
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