Passengers board gondolas prior to leaving Ridgway on the 1951 Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. The two hoops in the picture are the top of one of the special ladders that the club used to turn an ordinary high side gondola into a rider gon. Notice the lady in the center of the picture sitting on top of the brake wheel. Imagine the hysteria this activity would cause on the Cumbres and Toltec today. Photo by Bill Graves

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