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  1. Saturday's concert train from Alamosa is sold out. Saturday's concert train from La Veta has a few seats left as of 622pm
  2. 2010: more concerts, new festivals, more/better food on the train, and it looks like the winter park ski train will be a go!!!
  3. one more concert! PBS will film a segment of America's Heartland at the RGSR Michael Martin Murphey concert 9/19, tickets available!
  4. The ski train project is progressing. We continue to await approvals from Amtrak, Union Pacific and Denver Union Station.
  5. the bears have now dug big holes near milepost 202, and it looks as if they have moved in. We think they are all black bears, 5 seen today
  6. the debate rages: are they brown bears or black bears with brown coats. four were laying out by the track today near the lower tunnel.....
  7. the rain really cooled it off here in the San Luis Valley, almost feels like fall. Tickets still available this weekend for La Veta trips
  8. Well, yes, the Calumet Club car on the La Veta train does have beer and wine available.
  9. Did you know you can take the Rio Grande Scenic to a National Park? The Great Sand Dunes can be reached via a bus connection at Ft. Garland
  10. There's still some summer left, and tickets are still available for steam train rides across La Veta Pass. Yogi and Boo Boo are still out..
  11. it was a beautiful day in the mountains, wildflowers, wildlife, steam train....
  12. Did Steve Goodman write the song "City of New Orleans" on the RGSR "Calumet Club" when it was running on the Illinois Central? Come ride....
  13. The steam trip from Alamosa to La Veta is 104 round trip miles, the longest standard gauge steam train regularly operated in the US
  14. Q: how can we help RGSR revive the ski train? A: Write a letter of support to Mayor Hickenlooper, Governor Ritter, and UP Pres Jim Young
  15. Hey, if you want to try out the ski train cars, a couple of them are running out of La Veta to Alamosa daily www.riograndescenicrailroad.com
  16. Yes, RGSR is interested in reviving the ski train. We have ten relatively new coaches seating over 1,600 plus five full length dome cars
  17. Up to four bears were spotted on the east side of the pass, near Occidental, the most we've seen this year
  18. taking the train next Friday from Alamosa up to Fir to see Michael Martin Murphey with Larry Penn and Fred Hargrove....
  19. The first Mountain Music show with Michael Martin Murphey is July 10, folk legends Steve Gillette/Cindy Mangsen also appear, call 8777267245
  20. Party like it's 1878! Rio Grande Scenic still has tickets available for the La Veta to Alamosa mountain rail excursion for $18.78 Sat Sun