NEW SOIFACE JUST DROPPED
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D&sngrr has like some of the last remaining operating narrow gauge steam locos in the whole country, used to live there in southwest Colorado for a time, very neat railroad
>>2084658Looks like all of the scenic train rides in Colorado are going to be around $100 per ride for adults, going up to over $300 for premium fares. I'll pass
I’ll soi out over that any time. I rode the train last fall and we couldn’t go all the way to Silverton because of flooding but I rode the full line years ago. There’s big floods again this year that also messed up the Cumbres and Toltec.
>>2084666Seems like a lot of tourist railroads got hit by floods recently. The Whitewater Valley Railroad in Indiana is out of operation until further notice because of it
>>2084668>The Whitewater Valley Railroad in IndianaI live right in that area. A bend of the White River is hardly a full mile from my house, though I occupy high ground and my property area was never in danger of flooding.Recent flood exceeded the 1912 “legendary” flood we had here by a few feet. I’m not sure if there’s a measured flood in central Indiana that was ever worse than this. The White river filled so hard that it changed the course of the river, heavily in the temporary sense while floodwaters coursed but also changed permanently in some areas. At one point the entire river diverted itself and filled a sand quarry with 9 billion gallons of water. I remember looking at that quarry as a kid. I’m not even sure if they can properly pump 9 billion gallons of old river water out of a sand quarry and then still have a sand quarry. Anyway, I wasn’t over by that specific railroad very often but I did like seeing the historic trains go by whenever I was. It’s run by volunteers who seriously give a shit, though. They’ll have it back up and running faster than we’d think.
>>2084648WHOA DUDE NO WAY!
>>2084648Imagine not making that face in front of a steam locomotive
>>2084648I'm pretty sure he's aware of what he's doing. It's intentional to mimic the soi face
>>2084661>Looks like all of the scenic train rides in Colorado are going to be around $100 per ride for adults, going up to over $300 for premium fares. I'll passThat’s about what you’d pay for a day at a Disney park. It’s expensive to run 100+ year old steam locomotives and rolling stock through xtreem mountain terrain.
>>2084847>That’s about what you’d pay for a day at a Disney park.You're not getting a Disney visit though, it's a train ride
>>2084849For the base price of the Disney ticket for a day, what do you get that’s better than a train ride through the mountains without including anything that will cost you extra inside the park.You get to see other people parent their kids?Watch genX divorced moms meet tinkerbell for an instagram picture?
>>2084850Maybe a quick handy in the bathroom from a divorced dad
>>2084850The D&S trip is 5 hours and one hour of that is spent in Silverton so you can buy stuff. You get a lot more out of a day at a theme park. $100 for a tourist train that doesn't include a meal or drink is ridiculous.
>>2084863They even get you for parking lol
>>2084863What more do you get out of a Disney park without spending extra money than the base ticket?As in, what is the “more”?Surely you don’t mean teacup ride and fake castles are a better view than mountains.
>>2084868Disneyland already has a train ride in it
>>2084870NTA but you're actually you're underselling it, Disneyland also has a massive steam powered riverboat and a monorail/trams just to take you to the park entrance from the parking lot. It's literally a theme park made by /n/ autists While we're on the topic, last time I was there I noticed a G519 Bicycle being used as a prop for the ride que on the Jungle Cruise ride but I never bothered getting a photo of it
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>>2084892kek, thank you for your service
>>2084648ain fidance's dather minutes before his tragic demise (1993, colorized)
>>2084965*ian fidance's dather minutes before his tragic demise (1993, colorized)
>>2084966>*ian fidance's father minutes before his tragic demise (1993, colorized)
>>2084661Ok yea that is pretty fair and valid, I still think it's a cool railroad route preserved at least, it would've been cool to see all the historic narrow gauge railroads in Colorado when they still like..... Existed lo
>>2084971The biggest tragedy was the abandonment of the Rio Grande Southern in 1952.
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>>2085033Thanks for the photo drop RGSanon! I’ve followed the route from Ridgway to Durango and have fond memories of smoking a joint in the cab of #74 when it was in a Boulder park.
