Saving the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Saving the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Author: Spencer Wilson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1614235791

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The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The sixty-four miles of the former San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway were saved twice by volunteers from the railroad graveyard. In 1970, the States of Colorado and New Mexico bought the railroad, which runs from Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. New Mexico historian and C&TSRR commissioner and spokesman Spencer Wilson offers an insiders account of this triumphant tale of historical preservationists succeeding on an impressive scale.


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Download or read book Saving the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad written by Spencer Wilson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The sixty-four miles of the former San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway were saved twice by volunteers from the railroad graveyard. In 1970, the States of Colorado and New Mexico bought the railroad, which runs from Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. New Mexico historian and C&TSRR commissioner and spokesman Spencer Wilson offers an insiders account of this triumphant tale of historical preservationists succeeding on an impressive scale.

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Author: Spencer Wilson

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780964439917

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Download or read book The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad written by Spencer Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

Author: Spencer Wilson

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780608041179

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Download or read book The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad written by Spencer Wilson and published by . This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Overhaul

Overhaul

Author: Richard Flint

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0826362494

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Winner of the 2021 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom were part of the growing Hispano and Native American middle class. Their critical work kept the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe's steam trains running and established and maintained Albuquerque's unique character in the region. Including a generous selection of historic photographs, Overhaul provides a glimpse into the people, places, culture, and special history found in Albuquerque's locomotive shops during the boom of steam railroading. The Flints provide an engaging and informative account of how these shops and workers played a crucial role in the formation and development of the Duke City.


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Download or read book Overhaul written by Richard Flint and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom were part of the growing Hispano and Native American middle class. Their critical work kept the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe's steam trains running and established and maintained Albuquerque's unique character in the region. Including a generous selection of historic photographs, Overhaul provides a glimpse into the people, places, culture, and special history found in Albuquerque's locomotive shops during the boom of steam railroading. The Flints provide an engaging and informative account of how these shops and workers played a crucial role in the formation and development of the Duke City.

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

Author: Harold Lloyd James

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad written by Harold Lloyd James and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Top Railway Journeys of the World

Top Railway Journeys of the World

Author: Tom Savio

Publisher: IMM Lifestyle Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780095097

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Aimed at those unfamiliar and those accustomed with the world's great railways, Savio's guide presents journalistic evocations of much of the world's great rail routes, among them the Puno to Cuzco in Peru, Beijing to Hanoi and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.


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Download or read book Top Railway Journeys of the World written by Tom Savio and published by IMM Lifestyle Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at those unfamiliar and those accustomed with the world's great railways, Savio's guide presents journalistic evocations of much of the world's great rail routes, among them the Puno to Cuzco in Peru, Beijing to Hanoi and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.

Little Trains to Faraway Places

Little Trains to Faraway Places

Author: Karl R. Zimmermann

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-06-22

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0253001498

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Narrow-gauge railroading conjures images of marginal track, wooden coaches, and antique steam locomotives. Yet consider the extraordinarily glamorous and comfortable South African Blue Train and Australia's Queenslander as well as the electrified network of meter-gauge mountain railways in Switzerland that run with a precision similar to that of the country's famed timepieces. Often used to penetrate the most challenging and breathtaking terrain that larger trains are unable to reach, narrow-gauge railways offer even the most seasoned of travelers an experience to remember. Karl Zimmermann, railroad author and accomplished photographer, chronicles his journeys aboard these rarest of trains. Individual chapters weave history and travelogue, complemented by more than 100 color illustrations. The result is a spirited tribute to the world's most charismatic railways.


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Download or read book Little Trains to Faraway Places written by Karl R. Zimmermann and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrow-gauge railroading conjures images of marginal track, wooden coaches, and antique steam locomotives. Yet consider the extraordinarily glamorous and comfortable South African Blue Train and Australia's Queenslander as well as the electrified network of meter-gauge mountain railways in Switzerland that run with a precision similar to that of the country's famed timepieces. Often used to penetrate the most challenging and breathtaking terrain that larger trains are unable to reach, narrow-gauge railways offer even the most seasoned of travelers an experience to remember. Karl Zimmermann, railroad author and accomplished photographer, chronicles his journeys aboard these rarest of trains. Individual chapters weave history and travelogue, complemented by more than 100 color illustrations. The result is a spirited tribute to the world's most charismatic railways.

Rotary Snowplows on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

Rotary Snowplows on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

Author: Joseph P. Hereford

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780964439900

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Download or read book Rotary Snowplows on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad written by Joseph P. Hereford and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo

All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo

Author: Rogers E. M. Whitaker

Publisher: Kodansha Globe

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781568361147

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For more than five decades, the spirit of E. M. Frimbo chugged through the pages of The New Yorker, chronicling adventures on rails broad and narrow around the world. This greatly expanded edition of All Aboard with E. M. Frimbo combines all thirty-three of the Frimbo pieces published to great acclaim in 1974 with twenty-one previously uncollected articles, chosen by the intrepid traveler's friend and amanuensis, Tony Hiss. Here, for the first time in book form, are The Old Curmudgeon's search for lost Louis Sullivan masterpieces in Manhattan, and a journey through Wales to the ninteenth-century village immortalized in the futuristic television series The Prisoner. Other articles record Frimbo's special honors, such as the christening of a restored vintage coach in his name, and a final tribute to him, appropriately mounted at Cumbres Pass, the highest elevation reached by passenger trains in the United States.


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Download or read book All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo written by Rogers E. M. Whitaker and published by Kodansha Globe. This book was released on 1997 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than five decades, the spirit of E. M. Frimbo chugged through the pages of The New Yorker, chronicling adventures on rails broad and narrow around the world. This greatly expanded edition of All Aboard with E. M. Frimbo combines all thirty-three of the Frimbo pieces published to great acclaim in 1974 with twenty-one previously uncollected articles, chosen by the intrepid traveler's friend and amanuensis, Tony Hiss. Here, for the first time in book form, are The Old Curmudgeon's search for lost Louis Sullivan masterpieces in Manhattan, and a journey through Wales to the ninteenth-century village immortalized in the futuristic television series The Prisoner. Other articles record Frimbo's special honors, such as the christening of a restored vintage coach in his name, and a final tribute to him, appropriately mounted at Cumbres Pass, the highest elevation reached by passenger trains in the United States.

The Thunder of Their Passing

The Thunder of Their Passing

Author: Robert D. Turner

Publisher: Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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This stunning new volume chronicles the story of the most spectacular preserved steam railroad in North America, from its origins as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension to its present-day operations as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 120 years of railroading in the breathtaking high country of Colorado and New Mexico.


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Download or read book The Thunder of Their Passing written by Robert D. Turner and published by Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning new volume chronicles the story of the most spectacular preserved steam railroad in North America, from its origins as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension to its present-day operations as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 120 years of railroading in the breathtaking high country of Colorado and New Mexico.