| Rio Grande Articulateds,Part 1 38 Mins #SRP-RGA1 $29.95 Part I - La Veta Pass and The Moffat Line Starts on a beautiful November day from La Veta aboard the daily passenger and climbs grades of 3 1/4% into a blizzard on top. It descends into brilliant sunshine and is paced along the crystalline white of the Sangre de Cristo Range to Alamosa. 3400 class mallets. All Color. The Moffat Line shows D&SL Mallets and every class of D&RG articulated thru the 3800s working up hill, but concentrates on the 3600, the world’s largest and most powerful locomotive when it was built. Shows opening of the Dotsero Cut Off, freights across the Colorado Desert and glimpses of Soldier Summit. Ends with the final days of articulated steam as 3 3600s per train blast away at the 2% from Tabernash to the tunnel. Has the Fire Clay run away. back |
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