The Galloping Goose

[Wandering Sagebrush]

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[ski3pin]

We had a sighting a little over a year ago.

 

[Stray Dog]

Four of us rode the Galloping Goose last fall. One day trip from Chama NM to Antonito CO over the route of the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad. They move Galloping Goose #5 from Dolores CO to Chama by truck for a few runs. Fare was about $100/p. The run occurs during the height of the fall Aspen season. About 24 seats are available the Goose and makes lots of stops for interpretation and photos. Everyone gets an opportunity to ride up front with the engineers. Lunch is part of the deal, usually served at the Ophir Station but last year was a fine box lunch on a siding.
We spent a night in Chama NM, rode the Goose the next day and then drove the 3 hours home from Antonito.
Really a fun couple of days, the scenery is magnificent and the old Goose is a mechanical marvel... Still running since the 1930's.
Ticket information is available from either the Galloping Goose Historical Society in Dolores CO or the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway site.

 

[ski3pin]

Four of us rode the Galloping Goose last fall. One day trip from Chama NM to Antonito CO over the route of the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad. They move Galloping Goose #5 from Dolores CO to Chama by truck for a few runs. Fare was about $100/p. The run occurs during the height of the fall Aspen season. About 24 seats are available the Goose and makes lots of stops for interpretation and photos. Everyone gets an opportunity to ride up front with the engineers. Lunch is part of the deal, usually served at the Ophir Station but last year was a fine box lunch on a siding.
We spent a night in Chama NM, rode the Goose the next day and then drove the 3 hours home from Antonito.
Really a fun couple of days, the scenery is magnificent and the old Goose is a mechanical marvel... Still running since the 1930's.
Ticket information is available from either the Galloping Goose Historical Society in Dolores CO or the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway site.

That sounds like such a fun time!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks for the video Steve.In my younger years while doing model railroading
I got introduced to them.A fun piece of railroading.
The Fort Bragg Sunk train had Motorcars in it's past.They were more of a bus shape.
When we first rode their trains in the late 70s I think they still used one.
Fun times.
Frank

 

[Sagebrush Reconnoiterer]

The Fort Bragg Sunk train had Motorcars in it's past.They were more of a bus shape.
When we first rode their trains in the late 70s I think they still used one.
Fun times.
Frank

Of interest, to me anyway, is that one of the motorcars that is used on the California Western Railway (the "Skunk") is a former motorcar used on the Trona Railway as a school bus motorcar. Trona is located not far south west of Death Valley and its primary history is connected with borax mining and refining. I lived there 1987-1992 and worked in the plants 1987-2004.

California Western #M200 | Niles Canyon Railway

Technical Data Builder Skagit Steel & Iron Works, MAC Division Date January 1926 Type 6-46 Wheel Arrangemnt B-B (Only rear truck powered) Power Diesel-Hydraulic Gross Weight 21 tons History Take a … Continue reading "California Western #M200"

www.ncry.org

This page has a nice photo of the car today as part of the California Western, plus other photos inside and out as well as a history of the car.

Trona School Train | Trona on the Web

This photo is from Linda Shafer Lewis.

www.trona-ca.com

A photo of the motorcar in its Trona Railway days.

Around 1996 my wife and I spent an entire day riding the Skunk between Fort Bragg and Willits and return. Our motive power was one of their diesel locomotives as it was a midweek run. Still a fun and scenic trip nevertheless.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks for that site.We have ridden the CWRR several times the first couple were behind the steam loco. Always nice whenever we were driving through Fort Bragg to stop and watch for the train.
Frank