Narrow Gauge Steam in the 90s

This show has some unique features that are normally not seen in videos. Besides all the great 1994 Durango and Silverton runby action we also get a tour inside the yard and roundhouse at Durango, to see some things not normally available. We also see a couple of engines where the hostler shovels some coal. The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad in California is near the entrance to the Yosemite National Park. The steam engine is Shay #15, formerly from the nearby West Side Lumber company. A big highlight is riding ahead of the engine, the camera on a trailer pulled by a speeder car! With the tripod and camera on the trailer we get some great and unusual views ahead of the train. The Shay puts on a good show. This was early April and there’s even a dusting of snow on the ground.

Moving to Chama, New Mexico in 1997 we see some views of K-37 number 497 bringing a photo freight down the hill and into Chama. Then on a different day, we see some lovely switching scenes of 497 bathed in lovely late afternoon sunlight switching the Chama yard with freight cars. 497 has not run on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in many years. There is a lot of unique flavor seen and heard in this presentation. If you enjoy Narrow Gauge, or just good steam action then this is for you. Color scenes with live audio and minimal narration. (Some footage previously seen in America by Rail and “Chased by a Steam Freight Train”.)