The Train Trip 2024

[PVCsnorkel]

Our small but mighty crew had an absolute blast this week chasing the Cumbres and Toltec railroad all around the border.
We got done early on Thursday after racing the Train from point to point, so we did litter patrol along the road and picked up quite a few Modelo and Keystone cans and bottles.

Friday we were dodging the rain all day, but that didn't stop us from seeing some absolutely beautiful vistas and plenty of wildlife. We made friends with James the conductor and got some inside information and stories about the railroad and it's operations, filling in for the little information @DanS didn't know.

Saturday we woke up to a beautiful cool and clear morning for chasing the Train out of Chama, New Mexico. After chasing the Train by pavement up Cumbres Pass, we broke off to hit some dirt. @bh4rnnr Lead us down a great trail where we picked up a new friend in a stock 4 door Wrangler. He had never wheeled it before so we helped him learn what it is capable of. The trail was plenty of fun, but still mild enough that we didn't comprise our ability to drive home. We caught back up to the Train in Osier for lunch and parted ways with our new friend.

Overall a great trip and definitely one of my favorites in Colorado for sure! Thank you Dan and Perry for organizing the trip!

 

[PVCsnorkel]

 

[Crash]

Our small but mighty crew had an absolute blast this week chasing the Cumbres and Toltec railroad all around the border.
We got done early on Thursday after racing the Train from point to point, so we did litter patrol along the road and picked up quite a few Modelo and Keystone cans and bottles.

Friday we were dodging the rain all day, but that didn't stop us from seeing some absolutely beautiful vistas and plenty of wildlife. We made friends with James the conductor and got some inside information and stories about the railroad and it's operations, filling in for the little information @DanS didn't know.

Saturday we woke up to a beautiful cool and clear morning for chasing the Train out of Chama, New Mexico. After chasing the Train by pavement up Cumbres Pass, we broke off to hit some dirt. @bh4rnnr Lead us down a great trail where we picked up a new friend in a stock 4 door Wrangler. He had never wheeled it before so we helped him learn what it is capable of. The trail was plenty of fun, but still mild enough that we didn't comprise our ability to drive home. We caught back up to the Train in Osier for lunch and parted ways with our new friend.

Overall a great trip and definitely one of my favorites in Colorado for sure! Thank you Dan and Perry for organizing the trip!

Someday!

 

[Cruisertrash]

@PVCsnorkel I gotta get on this trip one year. Looks awesome.

 

[PVCsnorkel]

@PVCsnorkel I gotta get on this trip one year. Looks awesome.

Definitely do! It's a great trip

 

[nuclearlemon]

Was another awesome trip even if it started out rocky with some crap gas from my local sketch station. i made it to taos to get a damn good christmas style burrito then headed to camp.

derek kind of summed everything up, but here is more eye candy including a shot of why you shouldn't do drugs and architecture.

 

[nuclearlemon]

more

 

[nuclearlemon]

some with our new friend john. i shot that makes me wonder if trains look at tracks heading off in the distance and wonder where they go like we look at dirt roads heading off in the distance and wonder the same thing, and some hunter porn

 

[nuclearlemon]

can't forget the boys getting put to work.

 

[LARGEONE]

Elk calves still have their spots! Very cool trip and awesome pics!

My dad still talks about his trip chasing the trains back in 2015 (I think it was?)!!!

 

[John H]

Thanks for letting me follow along. I was chasing the train, too. It was my good fortune to catch up to you at the fallen tree and would have turned around there if I was alone. Here's a train chasing video from Thursday (YouTube link). Thanks again for a great trail riding adventure, sure like all the photos.

 

[John H]

Here's another YouTube link video from Saturday's chase...

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[nuclearlemon]

awesome to meet you John! you'll have to remember to log in next year when we do this trip again

now we just need perry to post up some of his pictures.

 

[bh4rnnr]

Such a great time! Thanks to Ige, Derek and Dan for making it a fun weekend. John, glad we got to meet up and hang out on the trail for a bit! Fun videos.

Love the pics so far! I have over 400 pics to go through, so it might take me a minute. A few for now.

 

[bh4rnnr]

Finally able to work my way through this years Train Trip pics. Some good ones and always a great time.

Some of my favorites:

 

[bh4rnnr]

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Full set of pics up on the blog: www.wanderinthewest.org

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

Great pics as always Perry

 

[Johnny Utah]

Beautiful pictures Perry! I hope to join you on this trip one day!

 

[John H]

Thanks for posting these. I visited your site to see the others. Great photos. It was great to see Derek’s FJ on the trail. Back in Louisiana in early eighties our local Toyota dealer had a new FJ on the lot. It was the first one I’d ever seen and for many weeks I’d stop by just to admire it. The sticker price was around $13,500 and beyond my reach at the time. Dark blue exterior and light blue seats as I recall. Manual trans. AC. It was sold after several weeks and I don’t remember seeing another one for a long time.