Railroad Rio Grande Southern and Sargents Colorado.

Important UPDATE 12/31/09: It has been brought to my attention that the first part of the video may actually be the Rio Grande Southern and not the D and RGW. Date unknown at this time, but may be around 1951 or 1952.

The last part of this video is the D and RGW Railroad @ Sargents Colorado. Date Unknown at this time, but may be around 1951 or 1952.

I will try to get this right. Thanks for all the help, TT.

I have been told that the first engine in this clip is the famous Rio Grande 464 and it is still in operation today.

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• Marshall
• Pass
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• RGW
• steam
• engines
• train
• Colorado
• Sargents
• history
• 464
• Salida
• Gunnison
• Rio
• Grande
• Southern

[maegscale]

This was a treat for me as I am building a RGS G scale layout in my garden and there are lots of details here !

[TeamRocketReviews]

Fascinating. Rio Grande Southern is one of my favorite railways. There's a lot of surviving rolling stock, so why couldn't they attempt to reopen the line from Durango to Telluride? The whole line would be way too long for a tourist railway, but Rico to Telluride would be fine, and it's the most scenic part of the RGS.

[reitoe]

Very nice. 5*****

[elkman1965]

The water tower was filled with a pipe that was layed about 1 mile upstream in Marshall creek. The natural fall of the river grade and the pressure from the pipe being layed upstream forced the water into the tower. The pipe has a break in it right where the main road into sargents is and bubbles up into the corner of the street like an artisan spring

[trailertrane]

@elkman1965 Thanks for the information. I have changed the description. If I find any pictures of Sargents or Marshall pass, I will post them on a new video. Everything is in a big pile of slides and 8 MM and hard to figure out what is what. Thanks TT.

[elkman1965]

Please look. I would really love to see our old cabin. We built a house that is connected to a 16x20 foot log cabin that used to be one of 12 saloons (I believe) in that little town. I would really love to see it before the "new" buildings were constructed. It is really cool to see the old coal shoot in the photos. I only saw the remains of it until the last parts were burned down in the late 70's.

Thanks for posting the pics. Please find more.

[elkman1965]

I grew up in that town, It is Sargents Colorado which is 32 miles east of Gunnison. It is at the foot of Monarch pass on state highway 50 and Marshall pass (where the train went over). Ma. Sargents used to be called Mear's Junction named after Otto Mears, Later it was named after Joseph Sargent.

[trailertrane]

@ mesaman3000, After checking, it may very well be that the video section showing the D and RG 464 is really the on the RGS and not the D and RGW @ Marshall pass. I think just the last part showing the two engines with coal cars is at Sargents Colorado.

Some of these 8 mm films have been spliced together in several places so it could be anything. If someone can confirm this, I will change the whole description to reflect the new information. Thanks.

[trailertrane]

I really am not sure either, but the metal 8 mm film can has in pencil been marked

"Salida 1952" "D and RGW" "Marshall pass" "Shirley East side" "Sargents" "West side". This is the only information I have to go on. The film may have been misplaced in another can or something. It will be interesting to see what it really is as I would like to know too. If it really is not correct, I will change the description.

[mesaman3000]

Again, I dont mean to argue, and if I am wrong, I am sorry, it just seems to be more facts leading to the RGS.