Storming into Big Horn
With veteran Engineer George Sapp handling her throttle, Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" brings here double-headed passenger train westbound into the tiny hamlet of Big Horn, NM. The road engine this day is Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" and the consist is all vintage D&RG equipment. This special train was participating in the August, 2021 "Victorian Iron Horse Round-Up" on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. On this particular day, the mission was photography for perhaps 60 railroad enthusiasts and the train was making a Big Horn Turn out of Antonito, CO. From a photography standpoint, a Big Horn Turn left both of these engines looking right at home because both made their living working in Nevada and the landscape between Antonito and Big Horn is largely desert.
Storming into Big Horn
With veteran Engineer George Sapp handling her throttle, Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" brings here double-headed passenger train westbound into the tiny hamlet of Big Horn, NM. The road engine this day is Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" and the consist is all vintage D&RG equipment. This special train was participating in the August, 2021 "Victorian Iron Horse Round-Up" on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. On this particular day, the mission was photography for perhaps 60 railroad enthusiasts and the train was making a Big Horn Turn out of Antonito, CO. From a photography standpoint, a Big Horn Turn left both of these engines looking right at home because both made their living working in Nevada and the landscape between Antonito and Big Horn is largely desert.