Pieter is inspecting the locomotive's engines...
Historic Wild West costumes...
Pieter took a 'WEFIE' with the iPad, as we are now happily riding the train...
The
Marshal from the Wild West Shootout, did also board the train since there will be a
mock robbery on the way back at 5:00 PM...
Roaming Western Singers are also part of this
fully narrated train ride.
This lady is playing a
Hohner Tyrolean III 72 Accordion...
This
2 hours and 15 minute ride brings you past
prairies, wooded area and desert like landscapes, ever changing.
In the center, at the very top, you just can see the
home of an Arizona rancher...
A
water hole (top left, off center)
for their cattle... just like in the
Old West Cowboy movies.
Here we are rolling into the
State Park of the Grand Canyon with Grand Canyon Village and the
United States oldest, still working log depot!
Disembarked at the
Grand Canyon Depot...
Very convenient indeed, from the historic 1910 Grand Canyon Depot it is just climbing some steps up, towards the historic El Tovar Hotel and to the Grand Canyon's South Rim...
GRAND CANYON RAILWAY DEPOT ←click it to see the actual historic log depot!
The Train ←click and scroll down to bottom left.
We both will take a
Motor Coach to tour the Grand Canyon's South Rim and next day we did drive back by car, for a 2-night stay at Maswik Lodge in Grand Canyon Village.
More about that in next post...
This is on the way back... the Southbound train. We had a
stopover of about 3-½ hours.
Oh my!
At 5:00 PM the notorious Cataract Creek Gang did galop alongside the train, on their horses and
had the train stop so they could
come aboard to ROB us!
Cataract Creek Gang snippet from
Arizona Art and Entertainment ←click it.
So glad we rode the Pullman as I would not have wanted to
miss those excited children!
Williams News: Gunfights and train robberies: all in a day's work for Williams' own Cataract Creek Gang performers ←click it.
But we continue; all unharmed! It is just a great way
for collecting some tip money and
so much fun.
Lovely scenery...
For both of us,
northern Arizona was above expectation!
Almost home!
Williams, Exit 163, how we got here by rental car the previous day...
Rolling into the Depot at Williams...
After dinner, we could see the
Grand Canyon train sitting on the track...
waiting for tomorrows guests!
Hope you enjoyed it and next we will show you the
South Rim Grand Canyon Motorcoach Tour...
The package from
The Train, ←click it, was the best we could have done!
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