#18 Crossing Rio Grande trestle with polliwog herds, elk: June 9, 2012
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Channel: John Horvath · 2013 · Travel & Events
La Veta Mountaineer morning departure Alamosa, CO, for La Veta, CO. Powered by steam locomotive #18. On afternoon return, Mt. Blanca is backdrop. 00:26 What are these animals? Look and swim like polliwogs. 2 to 3 inches long. 00:37 Female elk wading in the Rio Grande. 01:10 my first use of a jib to film trains. Jib is on top of levee. Jib is 12 feet. The base adds four feet. Jib angle, roughly 60 degrees. So with the levee boost, the camera is around 14 feet higher than the main camera by the tracks.03:27 Reindeer at a ranch west of Monte Vista, CO, that sells elk and bison meat. A male elk with a handsome rack in the reindeer pen at 03:37 . Adolescent male elk 04:41. This youngster hung by the RR trestle for summer. The middle car in the train is a Marc commuter coach from Baltimore, MD.
