- CT Day 25, July 24, Monday
- Start: Durango CO
- End: Lemitar NM
Departing the hostel, I took a trolley (free this month) to the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNGRR) train depot, where historic steam engine excursions depart and arrive daily. My son arrived to give me a ride back to New Mexico.
But first we spent some time browsing the (free) museum housed in the roundhouse building that services the locomotives.
Outside the museum one can see the train turntable, used for turning around locomotives and train cars when necessary.
The display on track maintenance tools included several 2-person crosscut saws, that I could put to good use if given the opportunity.
Soon after entering NM, my son and I took a break at Aztec Ruins National Monument (misnamed, because the structures were built by ancient pueblo people, not Aztecs).
After arriving in Albuquerque, and a rest, my son dropped me off at the NM Rail Runner train station, and Cairn picked me up in Belen and gave me a ride home, at last.