fanRGS,
This is fan Rio Grande Southern. I model the RGS from Ridgway to Rico in a 1200 sq. foot building. Here is the RGS loco 461 pounding upgrade over br. 43A, the Ames Trestle the last big bridge to fall on the RGS in 1979.
Thanks for the effort you put into your blog. They say perspective is everything, so here are links to a trip report from 8 years ago called, "San Juan High". The perspective part was taking 3 truck campers over a lot of the highest passes in the San Juans and actually bedding down near the summits of those passes. Night after night we camped at a low of 10K feet up to and over 13K feet. The secret was doing it during the 3rd week of September, a time slot after the chance for lingering Monsoons and before the 1st big winter snow. This could only happen with experienced off-road aficionados.
https://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24528960.cfm
https://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24529897.cfm
https://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24566904.cfm
regards, jefe