colorado hirailer posted:How about the Cumbres and Toltec? Fire is a nuisance reality for both roads...l couldn't ride the C&T one trip because of fire, and this wasn't one of those ranger started fires that chased me out of Yellowstone and around Wyoming to sit at blocked bridges in the middle of the night. Guess l better get to the C&T..was beautiful riding through yellow aspen on the eastern half..and that missed the Toltec. In the 1950's the Rio Grande narrow gauge was a real railroad..not sure what year that ended..
They have extensive fire patrols that follow EVERY train on the C&T, some times TWO fire patrols (speeders) behind each train.