Lizard Head Pass
40 Mins #SRP-LZP $29.95

The Magic Recall of a Vanished Dream

In 1932, the RGS stopped running passenger trains. After that date, the Rocky Mountain RR Club ran three steam excursions. Charlie Ryland, then President of the Club, photographed two of them. His close friend Ed Hailey, who organized the trips, has edited his films into this tape.

On Memorial Day 1947, the first ran from Ridgway to Dolores over Lizard Head Pass and returned the following day. The second, in 1949, ran from Ridgway to Telluride where it tied up for the night. On the following day it went from Telluride to Lizard Head, reversed direction, and returned to Ridgway. Photographed on board and from trackside at Ridgway, Placerville, Vance Junction, Telluride, Ophir, Lizard Head and Dolores - a wonderful memory of mountain railroading with ancient passenger cars, the world of the real Colorado Narrow Gauge. Color

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