Train Ride Scenery

 There was so much non-stop scenery on our train ride yesterday. As I looked back at some of the photos, it seemed a good idea to share a bit more of our journey.

Several times there were sets of long sweeping curves designed to gain or lose altitude gradually over a longer distance than going straight up or down.  Since we were the last car, to was easy to see much of the front of the train on these curves.  Here we have dropped the second engine as this part of the trip was all downhill.

There were forests and forests of beautiful aspen trees.  These remarkable trees share a single root system, which makes them, in fact, one tree with thousands of outgrowths.  The understory of these aspen growths was very clear and made you want to walk through the groves.

We were in the First Class Parlor Car. We had comfortable seats that directly faced the large windows.  This gave us total views of the world outside.  I had planned our tickets so that we were on one side of the car for half the trip and then switched to the other side after lunch.  This gave us the best of the views. 

We crossed several trestles on the trip, some of which were more than a hundred feet high. When on the trestle you found not see the track, so, it felt like you were suspended in the air while looking out.    We loved every mile of this trip!