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Pauline Hager
Chama, Durango, Grand Canyon, and Kansas City: Armchair Travel Series
Chama, Durango, Grand Canyon, and Kansas City: Armchair Travel Series
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A pictorial narrative, Pauline, husband, son and grandson visited DURANGO, CO to ride the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge R.R. A coal-fired steam powered engine, built in 1882, was to pull the train from Durango to Silverton, CO, an old mining town, elev. 9305 ft. high in the Rocky Mts. Due to deep snow drifts blocking the narrow mountain pass at higher elevations, they settled for a round-trip from Durango to Cascade Canyon, elev. 7750 ft. Beautiful snow-bound scenery was just compensation as they rode the train, enjoying the ride and wintery splender. Photos by Pauline show it all.
The Hagers boarded the Grand Canyon R.R. train in Williams, AZ transporting them to GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK. The foursome circled around the South Rim by bus from east to west, following the sun cross over rocky buttes and mesas with clusters of clouds casting deep shadows over the canyon. From various overlooks along the canyon rim, one could see Phanton Ranch, located along the shore of the Colorado River. Due to the canyon's immense depth, it was often difficult to see the river, but Pauline managed to spot it and take shots of the seemingly calm river, when in reality it is constantly moving, rapidly. Last of their three days, heavy snow fall covered the canyon, creating a beautiful, white, winter wonderland; a lasting image of the phenomena of nature.
The CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD tour from CHAMA, NM to Antonito, CO was the Hagers next train excursion. The scenic railroad, completed in 1880, is American's longest and highest narrow gauge railroad. The steam engine pulled the train over 7000 ft. in the Rocky Mts. to arrive in Chama. The following morning they were informed that a fire partially burned a portion of the Lobato Trestle, where the train crosses over 100 ft. above Wolf Creek. The company provided a bus for those willing to continue to Antonito, enjoying spectacdular mountain scenery. The bus climbed steep grades, going through tunnels and careening along narrow roads above breathtaking gorges. Arriving in Antonito they then boarded the waiting train for their return trip to Chama. The train took hair-raising turns, looping up, down and around sides of the mountains, winding around a horseshoe curve and inched its way along the rim of 800-foot deep Toltec Gorge, 600 ft. above the Rio de Los Pinos: all the while traversing between northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, enjoying the splendor of mountain scenery.
Pauline and her husband drove to KANSAS CITY, KANSAS to attend a National Garden Railway Society Convention, and viewed over 25 garden railroad layouts. The only requirements to build a garden railroad are a yard large enough to handle the track feet desired and the ambition to construct the various buildings, either by kit or scratch built, with all the material to create a truly authentic garden railroad scene. Return trip home, they detoured to visit The Harry S. Truman Library Museum in Independence, Missouri and then to Omaha, Nebraska, Randy's hometown. Photos by Pauline.
The Hagers boarded the Grand Canyon R.R. train in Williams, AZ transporting them to GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK. The foursome circled around the South Rim by bus from east to west, following the sun cross over rocky buttes and mesas with clusters of clouds casting deep shadows over the canyon. From various overlooks along the canyon rim, one could see Phanton Ranch, located along the shore of the Colorado River. Due to the canyon's immense depth, it was often difficult to see the river, but Pauline managed to spot it and take shots of the seemingly calm river, when in reality it is constantly moving, rapidly. Last of their three days, heavy snow fall covered the canyon, creating a beautiful, white, winter wonderland; a lasting image of the phenomena of nature.
The CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD tour from CHAMA, NM to Antonito, CO was the Hagers next train excursion. The scenic railroad, completed in 1880, is American's longest and highest narrow gauge railroad. The steam engine pulled the train over 7000 ft. in the Rocky Mts. to arrive in Chama. The following morning they were informed that a fire partially burned a portion of the Lobato Trestle, where the train crosses over 100 ft. above Wolf Creek. The company provided a bus for those willing to continue to Antonito, enjoying spectacdular mountain scenery. The bus climbed steep grades, going through tunnels and careening along narrow roads above breathtaking gorges. Arriving in Antonito they then boarded the waiting train for their return trip to Chama. The train took hair-raising turns, looping up, down and around sides of the mountains, winding around a horseshoe curve and inched its way along the rim of 800-foot deep Toltec Gorge, 600 ft. above the Rio de Los Pinos: all the while traversing between northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, enjoying the splendor of mountain scenery.
Pauline and her husband drove to KANSAS CITY, KANSAS to attend a National Garden Railway Society Convention, and viewed over 25 garden railroad layouts. The only requirements to build a garden railroad are a yard large enough to handle the track feet desired and the ambition to construct the various buildings, either by kit or scratch built, with all the material to create a truly authentic garden railroad scene. Return trip home, they detoured to visit The Harry S. Truman Library Museum in Independence, Missouri and then to Omaha, Nebraska, Randy's hometown. Photos by Pauline.
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