I had some great conversations with one of the conductors. Everyone on the railroad seemed to be friendly and eager to share their stories and help when necessary.
I believe the bridge is actually the Royal Gorge Bridge, which does not carry route 50, but is, in fact, a tourist attraction and the highest bridge in the US. Route 50 crosses the Arkansas River at Bumbatch Gulch at a substantially lower point. Great video though.
The train is headed West. Once clear of the canyon U.S. 50 will be on the other side of the river. The Arkansas river sure looks different in Colorado than it does in Arkansas. About 45 or 50 miles West of this place is a small town called Salida. The valley surrounding Salida has the largest concentration of 14K plus peaks in the U.S. My sister lived just north of Salida from 1962 until 1971.
This was my third trip to Colorado to explore. I noticed on this trip how many towns, places and mountain tops that were in the 12,000 to 14,000 ft range. Colorado is an amazing place.
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Looks like they removed the deteriorating platform just past the hanging bridge that hung out over the river where the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad stopped and passengers stepped off to take in the views of the Arkansas River. Now just a concrete wall. The train provided daily scheduled passenger service between St. Louis and San Francisco.
Hi JL, Being from the east, I don't know a lot about the Denver and Rio Grande. However, after my trip, this is a railroad I definitely need to learn more about. Thanks for commenting.
The river was so high this day that the state officials closed the river to rafting and kayaking companies. We saw three kayakers, but I'm sure they ignored the warnings and did it anyway.
River looks a bit up, no rafters/kayakers? Did this twice, once in 2017 with son and once with my new wife in 2021. Interesting how much 'building' was done on that stretch of river. Enjoying watching your trip!
Hi Fred, The river was so high this day that the state officials closed the river to rafting and kayaking companies. We saw three kayakers, but I'm sure they ignored the warnings and did it anyway. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video!! Any chance on doing another front view trip all the way to Durbin? We haven’t been back since line was completed, we really need to do another visit soon
Enjoyed the video. At the SFRH&MS Wichita convention we visited and rode the railroad. That alone was worth the whole convention. I did get to sit at the engineer's seat and get a picture. The crew is very accommodating and love their railroad. For the few who opine about FRA issues that only they can see, only if you are certified on FRA rules and regulations should you speak. An uncanny ability to "see" an issue without measurements is known as an exposure of visible foam.
They have since built a whole new railyard near the area at 2:41-3:41 that is fenced in with high chain link and built a new shop there and moved all of their locomotives and rolling stock into that yard so there's now not much to even look at there besides the station anymore.
These railroad tracks are behind our old family farm. At 2:26 you can see my brothers deer blind on the left. At 4:15 the farm house would be on the left. Even today, I walk these tracks deer hunting almost every year.
Actually, the traffic went both north and south The direction of the video is north towards Durbin. That was the C&O 's connection to the Western Maryland RR. If you went south, that would take you to the C&O Mainline in Caldwell WV. I'm happy to report the 14 miles between Cass and Durbin is close to opening. The D&GVRR has finished hanging the bridge iron on the new Trout Run bridge. The bridge needs rails and then some tamping and alignment work. When it opens, it will be the first time you can ride between Durbin and Cass since 1985.
@@jamescleveland6575 I see so if you have a chance feel free to give us a progress report on it, but I don’t want to pressure you, so I will let you think over it for about a month or so.
I noticed that the rails were welded, or "ribbon rails", instead of the coupled rails you'd typically expect to see on a shortline or a route this old. This route must be used frequently to warrant spending the money on an upgrade like welded rails. Looks like a well maintained track. I would really enjoy a ride like this.
you need to go to a camera shop and buy a anti vibration mount for that camera...will make your videos so much better as right now my head is bobbling-lol
