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Transportation: Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
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  • Written by AlbuqRay on Feb 8, 2004
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    • 'Mode': AROUND
    Category: Train
    Getting TO/AROUND: The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad runs 64 miles from Chama, New Mexico, to Antonito, Colorado. The route is through high mountains. There is even a tunnel at the Toltec Gorge. One option is to take the train halfway to the Osier, Colorado, station, and then ride back on the train coming the other direction. You will miss the Toltec Gorge if you do this out of Chama but you will get to do the Cumbres Pass. The trains don't run once the snow covers the tracks. The Fall is the most popular time when the tree leaves change colors.

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    Transportation: Shortcut from Chimayo to Santa Fe
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    Getting TO/AROUND: If you are taking the High Road to back Santa Fe from Taos and have visited Chimayo, you don't have to go through Espanola to get to Santa Fe. When you come out of the Chimayo parking lot go south on NM-503 to Nambe (and US-285/84) instead of going back to NM-76 to Espanola. Not only will this save you ~30 minutes of driving time, you will also get to see some interesting country and rock formations.

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