Rio Grande Odyessy.. Numero-uno! Pentrex' D&RGW dvd is great too. Machines of Iron's 'Moffat Route' is top-notch as well. I have many more in my library, how about yours? What's your favorites??
I have that one... Diesels West by WB is also great--in the program is a shot with 18 units climbing Tennessee Pass with a coal load. EIGHTEEN units!!!! Rio Grande Odyssey: Good ol' Emery Goulash! http://www.greenfrog.com/product255.html
Tennessee Pass has always had me curious. What would it have been like up there, to be working in winter as a telegrapher? Such as at Texas Creek. A little bit isolated? Boxcab E50
Texas Creek, or Malta, maybe even Pando. Imagine being an operator at the summit, Tennessee Pass? In winter? I have more TP vids than that of the Moffat Route. Not much exists of my favorite line, video-wise, other than at Moffat Tunnel's East Portal, and at Big Ten eastward. So many videographers visit Big Ten, some visit the main sidings; Plain, Crescent, Cliff, Rollins, Tolland, and up to the Moffat, but very few venture into the Secret Places (boonies) to get video.
Now that you mention Pando- I've been curious. The 10th Mountain Division trained there during WWII. I have a video tape about them. Is there any remnant of that operation still there? Or all gone these days? Boxcab E50
10th Mountain Division Plate Colorado Revised Statute 42-3-207 Issued to anyone who desires to display this commemorative plate recognizing the men from the 10th Mountain Division who fought in the Italian campaign of 1945. Issued to passenger, light truck, recreational truck, farm truck or motorhome. An additional one-time fee of $25.00 is charged in addition to the normal registration and license fees.
Yes, there are some foundations still left (at least the last time I was there) but not forgotten. The entire Ski industry can be traced back to those that trainined there and came back to build the initial ski resorts.
Surely meaning the post WWII version of US ski resorts? As they certainly existed before the war. Including a couple the Milwaukee Road was very involved with out in Washington state. Boxcab E50
Yes, I mean the huge boom that started aftre WWII. Here is a quote from one of many web sites about the 10th that go on to talk about their impact on the Skiing industry and the BIG NAME resorts that they started here in Colorado. Veterans of the 10th Mountain Division were in a large part responsible for the development of skiing into a big name sport and popular vacation industry after World War II. Ex-soldiers from the 10th laid out ski hills, built ski lodges, designed ski lifts and improved ski equipment. They started ski magazines and opened ski schools. Vail, Aspen, Sugarbush, Crystal Mountain, and Whiteface Mountain are but a few of the ski resorts built by 10th Mountain veterans.
Aren't Vail or Aspen near Minturn? I added a new DVD to my library: Machines of Iron--Otto Perry's Moffat Route. INCREDIBLE footage of D&SL/DNW&P on Rollins Pass, rotaries, 2-6-6-0 mallets, opening ceremonies of Moffat Tunnel, Rio Grande big steam--3600's, early diesels, lots of 4-8-4's and Mountain-types, plenty of pasenger action, the most modern stuff is a GP30 set... ...When they were new! I HIGHLY recommend this vid to any 'Grande nut, or any steam junkie. The footage of ops on Rollins Pass is very, very rare, and priceless.
