AAPRCO Private Varnish Special Train

As part of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners' 2010 convention in Pueblo, Colo., a train of historic passenger cars was assembled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the trip to Pueblo via Alamosa, Colorado. Amtrak provided the motive power for the train, named the San Juan Limited, as it climbed northbound through Ludlow, Colo., on Friday, September 17, 2010. The four Amtrak P42DC units were numbered 85, 194, 23 and 11. After arriving in Walsenburg, Colo., the Amtrak engines were taken off and two San Luis & Rio Grande SD90/43MAC units, numbered 115 and 116, were put on the back of the train for the trip over the Rio Grande Scenic Railway to Alamosa. At La Veta, the San Juan Limited was split for the trek up La Veta Pass. The train, in two sections, passed Blanca Peak before tying up in Alamosa at sunset. These were the private cars that made up the San Juan Limited: Canadian National Burrard, Santa Fe Vista Canyon, GSL Silver Iris, Northern Sky Charters Northern Sky & Northern Dreams, Southern Pacific Pullman Virginia City, Union Pacific Pullman Pacific Sands, Rail Excursions Scottish Thistle, Chesapeake & Ohio Chapel Hill, Northern Pacific The Observatory -- North Coast Limited, Southern Pacific Birch Grove, Sierra Hotel, Puget Sound, Baltimore & Ohio Pullman Federal, Milwaukee Road Wisconsin, Lancaster & Chester J. P. Henderson, Seaboard Hollywood Beach, San Luis & Rio Grande Rio Grande Scenic, St. Louis -- San Francisco Cimarron River and Caritas.

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Travel & Events

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• AAPRCO
• San Juan Limited
• Ludlow
• Colorado
• AMTK P42DC 85
• AMTK P42DC 194
• AMTK P42DC 23
• AMTK P42DC 11
• San Luis & Rio Grande
• SLRG SD90MAC 115
• SLRG SD90MAC 116
• Rio Grande Scenic Railway
• Blanca Peak
• Blanca

[SP4449BN9444]

Nice nice, I love Walsenburg and I have shots from that view just a lil up more towards the powerlines... But nice video

[SuperStarRendon]

Awesome catch!!!!

[vladimir2366fa]

Thanks you, Videos very nice,