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Elevation:
Antonito - 7888 ft
Lava - 8468 ft
Big Horn - 9022 ft
Sublette - 9276 ft
Mud Tunnel - 9465 ft
Osier - 9637 ft
Los Pinos - 9710 ft
Cumbres - 10,015 ft
Cresco - 9193 ft
Lobato - 8303 ft
Chama - 7863 ft

Miles of Track:
64 miles

Track Size:
Narrow Gauge - 3 feet
Standard Gauge - 4 feet 8 1/2 inches

Trestles:
Cascade Trestle - 408 ft long 137 ft high
Lobato Trestle - 310 ft long 100 ft high

Tunnel:
Mud Tunnel - 342 feet long
Rock Tunnel - 366 feet long

Engines:
484,487, 488, & 489
Class - K-36
Builder- Baldwin
Tender, Water Capacity- 5,000 gallons
Tender, Coal Capacity-9.5 tons

Diesel 19:
Built in 1943, came from Hawaii
Also known as Pineapple

Garfield Monument:
President James A Garfield
   shot by Charles J Guiteau

Dates of Building Built:
Chama-1882 burned -1899 rebuilt 1899
Original Antinito Depot - 1880
Antonito Depot - 1977
Antonito Commission- 1970
Antonito Shop - 1974
Lava Pumping Station -1883
Big Horn Section House- 1891 removed1966
Sublette - 1880
Toltec Section House - 1882 removed 1938
Osier Section House- 1884
Los Pinos Section House - 1891 removed 1938
Cumbres - 1882 removed 1954 by D&RGW
       rebuilt in 1977 by C&T

Film shot on the C&TSRR:
1.) Good Guys & Bad Guys
2.) Shoot Out
3.) Chama Valley Tattler
4.) Showdown
5.) Bite the Bullet
6.) The Fortune
7.) Missouri Breaks
8.) Butch & Sundace The early years
9.) Legend of the Lone Ranger
10.) Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
11.) Where the Hell's That Gold
12.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
13.) Brotherhood of the Gun

 



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