#18 Poses VI: Mule Shoe Loop at MP 208.3
681 views · Published 27 November 2010 · 3:37 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: John Horvath · 2010 · Travel & Events
Stack music echos off the mountains as 18 works the western slope to Fir. This is a run by for the Photographer Special of August 26, 2010. Over 200 of us are snapping the scenes in the impossible Sangre de Cristo path of the La Veta Mountaineer. Spectacular country. Spectacular railroading. A rail photographer dreamland. 1:40 the train passes the site of Harrell, once a logging camp, with a spur for the Trinchera Estate RR. The ties for a switch stand are seen in front of the engine. Former switch for Trinchera RR or for turning loop? 1:50 a remnant of an old loop turning track for Fir 1:55 Starting MULE SHOE LOOP into Fir. 2:00 Corral right of tracks marks MP 208.3 2:25 Snow fence far right 3:00 Approaching and signaling the yard limit for Fir, marked by a sign consisting of a post with a single angled white board. 3:25 All us photographers at the east end of Mule Shoe Loop. The remains of the old turning loop, snow fence, corral, are visible lower right alongside the start of Mule Shoe Loop, 60 feet below and about 150 feet horizontal.
