Very, very nice that one!
I always liked Cinderella quite a lot - they changed a bit as time went on as this that song shows.
It's shot on the Cumbres and Toltec which was the famous Denver and Rio Grande Western at one point. The trackage is all narrow gauge, only 3' across resulting in smaller equipment, most of the locomotives are very old rebuilt standard gauge engines that were smaller. Most of of the D&RGW's track in Colorado was originally built to tap it's rich mineral reseveres and was quickly and cheaply constructed, it wasn't until much later in it's history that it's track and route were heavily rebuilt into a modern railroad that crossed or tunneled underneath the Rockies in several places, at the Moffat, west of Denver, at the Tennesee Pass west of Pueblo, Co. and at Soldier Summit east of Provo, UT.
Long the choice for for my my modeling inspiration I visited and photographed lot of this railroad back in the early 1980s, it was a busy small concern that was merged out of existence by the '90s, I treasure the memories and photos!
The little steam trains as still around today as a tourist railroad.
more models.....
