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All profits collected from items sold
via this site will be sent to the Friends
Of The Cumbres & Toltec Railroad to be put in
a separate fund for restoration of Engine #483.
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Our Gift Shop
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483 Screen Saver
Eighty-Three! Count 'em!! Eighty-three Historic
Images!!! ==> ONLY $20 <==
Click on one of the images below to preview Part One
or Part Two of Volume 1 of the new 483-Benefit Screen
Saver "Narrow Gauge over Cumbres - The Transition Years".
The Volume 1 screen saver consists of all 83 of the images
previewed on these two websites; part one shows the first
45 images, taken from 1960 through 1967, and page two
displays the other 38 images, taken during 1968 - the last
year of D&RGW operations over Cumbres Pass.
(Volume Two, currently "under construction", will cover
the first 10 years of Cumbres and Toltec operations.
The Volume Two screen saver will also consist of
83 images, and will soon be previewed here as two pages
with 40 to 45 images per page.)
Use of the photos included in these two screen savers has
been donated by the photographers. 100% of the proceeds
from the sale of these screen savers is being donated to
a separate 483 Restoration Fund which has been set up by
The Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec for that purpose.
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Volume 1, Part 1 - images 1-45
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Volume 1, Part 2 - images 46-83
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Beginning with a casual conversation in Chama in August, 2004, by the following spring a group of "Five Old Farts" decided to start a fundraising project to help restore the D&RGW / C&TS engine #483.
While all of the 480's are very similar, #483 is of special historic significance. She was one of the most-used engines in the 1960's, and was often seen at the head end of special passenger trains over Cumbres in addition to her frequent use in freight service. She helped pull the last westbound train of revenue freight over Cumbres in August of 1968, and was the last engine operated over the pass by the D&RGW in December of that year. #483 was also the C&TS first engine, and the first to pull a C&TS train into Chama - on Labor Day Weekend, 1970. Please help us restore this special engine to her rightful place at the head of a train!
- Russo de los Locos (aka "El Curmudgeonito")
John B. West (aka "El Curmudgeon del Norte")
Tom Gildersleeve (aka "El Curmudgeon del Sur")
Ernie Robart and Roger Hogan
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We decided to offer more than just items for sale. We have asked
numerous people that were involved in the railroad in the 1960's &
1970's to supply us with their favorite stories, photos & etc. about
the railroad. These stories are going to die away if there is
not an effort to preserve them.
Check out the menu on the left to get an idea of
some of what we have planned.
Suggestions, Stories, Photos & Ideas welcome.
E-Mail:
roger@railroadsusa.com
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