The carriages of a Santa Fe Southern Railway train makes a perfect backdrop for some of our Eldorado wildflowers, which are looking particularly spectacular after a fairly wet spring. But wait a moment - what's the train doing there? The SFSR went bankrupt a while back; there's only been a very occasional train coming up and down that line since 2013, and pretty much none for the last two years. But when I woke up this morning, there was one sitting on the track that we can see from the house.
So we went to take a look. No personnel. One engine; three carriages; one observation open-platform truck. The carriages look tired and dusty, and as though they might have a bowl or two of old washing up in them. No clues whatsoever about its presence. And it hasn't budged all day. One can't just leave a train there, like an abandoned car, can one?
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