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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Rotary OY passes hydrostatic test
I have an excellent photo of the OY that I took on in the yard at Chama just before the “season” started around June in the mid 1990’s. Unfortunately, I did not date the shot(s). I was returning to Fort Worth from a trip to Durango.Durango
I would love to see it through snow. I have a video, but it isn’t the same.
great to hear its running.
Now this is a trip down memory lane. I spent the summer of 1967 wandering through that part of the world…was a kid, didn’t really know what I was seeing. Hitched rides between Alamosa and Durango…don’t do what I did kids, times have changed and things are much more dangerous than they were then.
Riding a side door Pullman on a hot summer day drinking cheap beer and watching the world go by…
Just got back from riding the CATS, D&S, and RioGrande Scenic and I am glad to read this. Of the three, the CATS is by far the most railfan friendly and I have signed on as “friend” by virtue of being on the parlor car, Chama to Antonito, on Sept. 2.
J. H. Sullivan
(TRAINS subscriber since 1953)
I got to see the rotary run clearing the line years ago. it was #x# awesome.
RE: Anna from Mich. that’s awesome! I was in Durango in Aug. of '68 as a kid and saw one of if not the last D&RGW freights pull in from Chama, unforgettable.
Jerry Sullivan is right on track when he says the CATS is more passenger friendly. Have ridden most of the railroads in that area (have actually done the CATS 15 times), and the Cumbres is the most fun. There is no better ride than up the east slope from Chama to Antonito. Does anyone know whether they are still using two engines for the climb? If so, do they still split off the lead engine for the Labato trestle (just as a tradition)?
Headed down there from Oregon to do #16 in a couple weeks.