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Steam in the Rockies V2 Cumbres & Toltec DVD
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Steam in the Rockies V2 Cumbres & Toltec DVD Steam Video Productions SVPSRK2DVD
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The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad operates 64 miles of former Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge track between Chama, NM and Antonito, CO. Built in 1880, this line originally connected Denver with the mining country of southwestern Colorado. While much of the trackage was abandoned in the late 1960s, the Chama to Antonito portion was saved and became the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in 1970.

The railroad travels over 10,015-foot high Cumbres Pass, providing a spectacular display of steam-powered mountain railroading on the 4% grade to the summit. This DVD contains footage filmed in 2011 and 2012, focusing primarily on Chama and the climb to the pass.

In addition to the regularly scheduled passenger trains, you'll see clips from the August 2012 Engineer & Fireman School program as students operate a freight consist over the scenic line. All 3 runs up the hill (over 2 days) are included, plus afternoon switching and servicing in Chama.

Also featured is the Cumbres Fiesta Train, a special late afternoon trip operating from Chama to Cumbres. You'll see the railroad in a different light (literally) as locomotive #488 departs Chama at 5:30 in the afternoon.

Finally, you'll see the first revenue train to cross the rebuilt Lobato Trestle on June 20th, 2011. This was the first time in almost a year that a train left Chama for Cumbres Pass, as the historic bridge was heavily damaged by fire the year before.

Filmed entirely in HD, this DVD features great steam action amidst spectacular mountain scenery.

This program has minimal narration (with the option to turn it on or off) and no distracting music.


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DVD Item#:SVPSRK2DVD
Blu-ray Item#:SVPSRK2BD
Runtime:1 Hour, 45 Mins ($0.17/min)
Producer:Steam Video Productions
Aspect Ratio:Wide Screen
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Disc Type:DVD or BLU-RAY
Region Code:0 Worldwide NTSC
Steam in the Rockies V2 Cumbres & Toltec DVD
chris collins (fletcher north carolina) on 2019-08-05 21:36:56.

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steam in the rockies vol.2 looks at the longest and highest narrow gauge railroad in the us the cumbres & toltec scenic railroad like the first vol much of the footage was all shot in 2011 and 2012 this video covers the 64 mile run from Chama new Mexico to Antonito Colorado with the climb over the famed cumbres pass (as the descreption says the focuses is on the climb from chama to cumbres) many of the railroads k-36 mikado's are in action which include no.s 484,487.488,and 489 the video covers the regular train rides as well as special trains which include the engineer & firemen school program (a program where people operate on of the k-36 mikado's pulling a fright train) and the cumbres Fiesta train and footage of the first train to cross the newly rebuilt Lobato Trestle bridge (which was damaged by fire in 2010) this video gives an insitful look at what the former denver and rio grange narrow guage was like in a long distance past

Additional remarks by chris collins:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Excellent Value!
Recommend to others? Definitely.

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