D-152: Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Remembrances GE U-boats

GE U-boats

Charles Smiley’s ‘magic’ resurrects old footage and combines it into a powerful story”

Don’t miss the Key’s X-trains and ferryboats to the 1939 Golden Gate Expo

The aborted merger with the Santa Fe during the 1980s left both lines greatly weakened and the SP seemed to be the worst victim

D-152: Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Remembrances GE U-boatsLength: 1 hr. 32 minutes plus 20 minutes of previews The Rio Grande still had hundreds of miles of Narrow Gauge Rail operations in 1954 when Andy Payne became a steam locomotive fireman, then yard hostler and later an engineer! Andy filmed many hours of movie film all during his career! This brings us a fresh "insider's" look at one of America's all time favorite railroads & Hostelling duties: Coaling, Sanding, and cleaning out the grates in the