A Trip to Cumbres Pass

On the third and final day of the narrow gauge rendezvous we rode a short passenger train up to Cumbres Pass for the Pile Driver OB and a doubleheader at Tanglefoot curve.

[@Hornhausen]

Beautiful landscape and a steam train, Top.

[@haroldsmuck3569]

(from Canada) This train ride is on my bucket list, I hope we can make it very soon, thanks for sharing.

[@TheBumper100]

Fantastic. My three favorite engines. Unique day with the switching at Cumbres. Thank you.

[@articulatedloco]

Superb Camera work. magnificent video.

[@danialxiv591]

Thistrain always popular and never runs out of classic

[@trainknut]

I think it's safe to say the two surviving Rio Grande narrow gauge lines are the only remaining places in America where you can see two steam locomotives meeting each other.

[@MatecaCorp]

What about Cass? Or Strasburg?

[@up844productions8]

Great camerawork great location on train I was standing tight behind the 488 when the valves pooped off and it was loud

[@larrylawson5172]

Your camera work is very good. Tell us about your camera, lens, and most especially your filters. Your work is always so clear.

[@AustinGoodwin1]

Thank you! As of now, I current use a Panasonic FZ-1000 which is also the same camera I used to shoot this video. There's no interchangeable lenses on it but it does have on a 25-400mm lens so its very much all purpose. As for the filters, I don't use any but spend quite a bit of time in post production doing color correction

[@desmondfarrell7249]

Totally in love with these 2 beautiful old girls

[@chanchalbanerjee4503]

Thrilling, fantastic.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Awesome train still running on coal. Love the smell. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@elgladiador8540]

Me pasaria el dia entero viendo estos videos los hago en miniatura y de pequeño los aborde por unas 10 veces cuando tenia 10 años tengo 53 y nunca mas me volvi a subir a uno de ellos

[@tonyburzio4107]

I like the proper D&RG whistle.

[@troyhinesley3384]

Have you ever been to the Georgetown loop and the Durango and Silverton railroads

[@cq7415]

Nice, thanks.

[@othmarluthiger3693]

Dampf-Eisenbahn-Linie..... from Antonito to Chama .......eine Attraktion für's Leben

[@TrainChamber]

At tanglefoot curve did they do a runby where you get off the train, film it, then get back on, or was just a normal freight charter?

[@AustinGoodwin1]

The run by at Tanglefoot was part of the 3 day charter I was on and the train was backed from Cumbres to Tanglefoot to let us off after the Pile Driver demonstration

[@WOLFROY47]

well ok, thats a different view, filming you, filming me

[@jonathancordovaceo]

i saw toy man tv on goose 5

[@WOLFROY47]

a double header and a caboose

[@3900Class]

What does that whistle signal mean at 42:36?

[@williamh.jarvis6795]

While I do not know exactly what it means (at this time) I do know that the engineer/train crew in the first steam locomotive is communicating a message to the crew people in the following steam locomotive. As I have noted the second locomotive's crew "acknowledged" the message blown previously by the first locomotive's crew. It very likely is a form of command from the first crew to the second crew. I did happen to look into the above submitted earlier here. It seems that one long blast, followed by three blasts, as long by the first train's crew, alerting the second train's crew, that they need to take on water very soon, at any upcoming water tank or standpipe. Seems that the second train's crews blasts are a simple reply of acknowledgement that the first train's crews will need to stop. (Because, they are double headed, with crews to man each locomotive. No MU'ing steam locomotives!)

[@thankamramachandran9161]

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