| San Luis Valley |
| My interest in American railroads started 1996 when a
friend convinced me that American railroads where more
interesting than Swedish. It didn't take long time before
my interest focused around the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad. I read some articles about D&RGW in
Trains and become fascinated about the nature in
Colorado. I made up my mind when I read the article "Hard road to Alamosa" written by Steve Rasmussen about the traffic in the San Luis Valley. Alamosa and the traffic in the Valley is going to be the part of D&RGW I'm going to model. Alamosa was until the end of the 60s a busy railroad center with both narrow and standard gauge. Steam locomotives from the beginning of the century and modern diesels shared the same tracks. I have visited the valley together with a friend from Sweden in March 1998 and March 1999. Its still a nice place to spend time railfanning. They still uses cabooses both on the train from Pueblo to Alamosa and on the the two locals in the valley. You can read more about the valley in the travel report from our visit in 1999. Use the map below to investigate the the valley, click on any location written with large font. |
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