Toltec Gorge Limited June 3, 2010
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Channel: John Horvath · 2010 · Science & Technology
Train connecting Alamosa, CO, with the Cumbres and Toltec RR in Antonito, CO. Leaves Alamosa 8:15 am. Returns after the arrival of the C&T train in the afternoon. The engine is 459, F40M2F, built as Amtrak 264, GM-EMD, December, 1977. 227 is a 2009 slug built from Amtrak 227, an F40, by American Motive Power. The shoot sites are: 1. Grain elevater just south of La Jara, CO. 2. Bridge over river near flood stage. Note the new deck and refurbished stonework on this bridge. 3. La Fruto is basically a named spot on the RR ROW. It may mark the warehouse in this scene. La Fruto is a couple miles south of Alamosa.
