CHAMA, N.M. — Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad excursions this fall are selling quickly, the railroad reports, with some September dates almost sold out in all ticket classes and Parlor class seating available for only three dates in the entire month.
“Autumn is always a popular time to ride the Cumbres & Toltec,” Scott Gibbs, C&TSRR commissioner, said in a press release. “And this year, advance sales are surging. Anticipation is high that this will be an especially colorful fall season due to the ample rain we had. If you want to ride with us, book now.”
Fall colors along the route can be spectacular because of the aspen trees in both states, and the Cumbres & Toltec’s altitude range of 7,863 to 10,015 feet means colors change at varying times along the route, one reason the fall trips are so popular.
Trips depart from Chama or Antonito, Colo., and along with regular full- and half-day rides, special events on the schedule include a geology train, two photo charters, and six days of operations with visiting Galloping Goose No. 5.
More information and booking is available at the Cumbres & Toltec website.
Over the years, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad was featured in several documentaries and films. Among these are:
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, 1969
• Shoot Out, 1971
• Showdown, 1973
• The Fortune, 1975
• Bite the Bullet, 1975
• The Missouri Breaks, 1976
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, 1979
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
• Ghost Trains of the Old West, 1990
• America’s Historic Steam Railroads: Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, 1999
• A Million Ways to Die in the West, 2014
• Hostiles, 2017
• The Harder They Fall, 2021
amazing that tourist railroads and railroad museums can be feature in live movies and live tv shows and the cumbres and toltec scenic railroad one of the many famous tourist railroads in north america is no exception
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 64 miles (103 km) of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in the United States. The railroad is named for two geographical features along the route: the 10,015-ft (3,053 m)-high Cumbres Pass and the Toltec Gorge. Originally part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad’s narrow-gauge network, the line has been jointly owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico since 1970. Today, the C&TSRR is one of only two remaining parts of the former D&RGW narrow-gauge network, the other being the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), which runs between the communities of Durango and Silverton, Colorado. The railroad has a total of ten narrow-gauge steam locomotives (five of which are operational) and two narrow-gauge diesel locomotives on its current roster. The railroad also operates two smaller former D&RGW steam locomotives, Nos. 315 (owned by the Durango Railroad Historical Society) and 168 (owned by the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado), for special events and excursions.
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Should be Antonito, Colorado.