2013 Rio Grande Southern Motor #1 by ArizonaLorne by...

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x (Motor #1 at Cumbres Pass, N.M.)

_DSC9002 (A Buick straight 6 provides power for #1)

_DSC9003 (President of the Ridgway Railroad Museum and Motorman of Number 1, Karl Schaeffer)

_DSC9005 (Westbound out of Cumbres Pass)

_DSC9010 (Thanks, but no water needed!)

_DSC9019 (Pond south of Coxo crossing)

_DSC9033 (A quick shot through my dirty windshield)

_DSC9108 (The next day, Friday, was cold and raining as #1 approaches Lobato Trestle)

_DSC9108a (According to an old Simon & Garfunkel song, 'Everything looks better in Black & White".)

_DSC9111 (Taking up the rear guard, with Goose #5 in the lead)

_DSC9133 (...into the clouds, climbing to Cumbres Pass)

_DSC9445 (The next day, the weather cooperated beautifully. Back at the Chama yard)

_DSC9446 (Louie Vallejos is reading the 'vehicle manual'. Always a good practice before starting.)

_DSC9447 (Louie had no problem mastering this machine.)

_DSC9451 (Take no prisoners, Louie, as he checks before backing #1. Lew and Jerry watch from Goose #5.)

_DSC9454 (Moving around the Chama Yard)

_DSC9459 (We waited for the afternoon passenger train to arrive)

_DSC9472 (Your truly, Lorne A Noyes, after squeezing in the cab.)

_DSC9471 (Definitely no creature comforts: To get my boots in thru the door, I had to shift them sideways!)

_DSC9638 (Eastbound after leaving Cumbres Pass. Rod is standing in the stake bed.)

_DSC9642 (After trans-versing Tangle Foot Curve)

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