Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

In this video we ride Colorado’s standard gauge “Rio Grande Scenic Railroad” from Alamosa to La Veta over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains via Veta Pass. Passenger services were restored to this highly scenic route in 2006 after a gap of 50 years. Originally built as a 3ft gauge line in 1878 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, it was converted to standard gauge in 1899. The line to Alamosa opened the San Luis Valley to the rest of the world. Alamosa became the hub for 3 ft narrow gauge railroading in North America, with daily trains serving Denver, Durango, Creede, Salida and
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
After riding the railroad we visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, where the endless easterly wind across the San Luis Valley has created towering sand dunes rising 228 metres above the valley floor.

Filmed – 13th September 2017

Music
00.00 - ES_Acoustic Dreams 20 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com 37.30 - ES_Acoustic Dreams 2 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com 39.01 - ES_Acoustic Dreams 3 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com 40.42 - ES_Tumbleweed Gunslingers 3 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com 42.40 - ES_Tombstone Desperados 3 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com