Michele and me at the sign

End of track west of Chama

(Looking east)

Looking west at the

end of track

Following the grade west of Chama

Here's a nice cut near Hwy 64

Piles just east of

Monero Canyon

Monero Canyon

Monero Canyon

Abandoned stock cars in Dulce

Navajo Tank and Truss Bridge

Heading west on the old grade. This is further than I got

in October 2009 because of the deep mud.

We passed 3-4 other vehicles. I didn't expect to see any at all.

Sure is pretty out there.

Rain clouds started to move in south of Juanita. Fortunately for us it didn't rain.

A ghost town southeast of Juanita

Truss bridge west of Juanita

Giant Squirrels!

The ghost town of Juanita

Navajo River?

Michele taking a photo of

the multi-span truss bridge east of Pagosa Jct

This is a very cool structure. I'm grateful it has survived.

Michele waited for me at the top of the hill as I hiked down for the previous shots

of the bridge.

This marker was near the spot where I took the photos of the bridge (above).

Livestock along the grade east of Pagosa Jct.

You can clearly see the ROW along the river here.

At long last... Mission Accomplished. We arrived at the ghost town and rail yard of Pagosa Jct

Collapsed Water Tank

Section House?

Before making this trip I contacted the Ute's and Navajo's to get permission to drive through their lands. Permission was granted,

but I was asked not to leave my vehicle. Michele and I honored this request and

all of these photos were

taken from the truck.

Looks like old car bodies

Pump House

Attempt at Art

Another Attempt at Art

High side gondola #1536. It was left here when the rails were pulled up in 1970.

It's simply amazing to me that all of this still exists.

Truss Bridge west of the yard.

Continuing west to Arboles

The town and yard as viewed from the road west of town.

The grade follows the river below the road.

Girder plate bridge east of Arboles

My truck has been to

some pretty cool places

over the years.

This is part of the line relocation in 1960 when the Navajo Reservoir was created. You can clearly see the grade on the right.

Navajo Reservoir

I don't know the story on this old boxcar. Does anyone else?

On my 2nd attempt to get

out to Gato in July 2008, I

 lost my wallet when my

father and I stopped for a picture north of Arboles.

The ensuing rush to cancel credit cards ruined that

day. However, about 3

weeks later my wallet (sans cash) arrived in the mail

with a note from the Postmaster in Arboles

stating that she had found

it on the floor of the Post Office. So, here's a picture

of that Post Office.

Navajo Reservoir

Check out that fill!

Arboles Tank

This tank was built from the tender of DRGW #1603,

a standard gauge 3-cylinder 4-8-2.

Drop bottom gondolas #725 & #836

The gons are maintained by a local Boy Scout Troop.

"Watering" my truck

Continuing west to Durango,

more storm clouds

WOO HOO! More NG rails!

Rio de los Animas Perdidas

15th Street Bridge

We ate lunch here at the park and waited for the afternoon train to arrive

This neat little park was a ideal

setting to spend a late afternoon.

Train 462 crossing the

15th Street  bridge

Rolling stock stored on siding near glider-port, north of Durango on the Home Ranch Siding.

This siding is rarely used now. It was built for trains 263 (evening Cascade train) and 462 to

meet back when the D&S had 4 daily trains to Silverton plus the Cascade trip.

Hermosa, CO

Turnout for Rockwood

Silverton in Baker's Park

Tail of the Silverton Wye

End of the Silverton

Northern track

RGS Motor 5 - The Goose

Silverton Depot

E&P #4

We checked in at the Grand Imperial before heading to the yard to see what was going on. Moving my wife's stuff up 3 flights of stairs when well above 9,000 feet is a heck of a lot of work!!! The Grand Imperial is... well... let's just say that it's "historic." I'm glad we stayed there, but we won't be doing it again.

After a quick stop at an ice cream parlor, we wandered over to the yard and found E&P #4 and RGS #5 resting quietly just after dusk. The cool mountain air was intoxicating and refreshing! Being up in the remote mountains is so different from our regular lives in the big city. Sure wish we could go up there more often.

Thus ended another awesome day in Narrow Gauge Country!