RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE
THE FINAL YEARS, ALAMOSA TO CHAMA |
| by Joseph P. Hereford,
Jr and Ernest W. Robert |
| Part #RRL-304 |
N Scale Supply Price: $28.00 |
Published
2001
Softcover
113 Pages
11" x 8½"
B&W photos
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purpose of this book is to illustrate the narrow gauge freight trains
operated by the Denvber & Rio Grande Western Railroad between
Alamosa, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico during the years 1965 to
1968. The 92 miles of track connecting those two points were part
of 293 miles of the narrow and dual-gauge railroad still then operated
by the D&RGW -- the remnant of what had once been an extensive
narrow-gauge railroad "empire" in the Rocky Mountains.
The Alamosa-Chama segment, Subdivision 12-A of the railroad's Colorado
Division, notable for its mountain scenery, include a dramatic crossing
of the 10,015 foot Cumbres Pass. |
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