Monday afternoon we went to the Verde Valley Railroad Depot in Clarkdale where after checking in, we had lunch at the Copper Spike Cafe. We were on the Wickenberg car which was a First Class car. We were served champagne and appetizers by our waitress Judy. There was an open-air car behind us that we could go to to take pictures and there was a tour guide there name Fermin who was very knowable and showed us many things we would not have seen on out own.
This historic route is between two national forests and adjacent to a national wilderness area, and follows the upper Verde River. We passed by acient Indian ruins; over fortified trestles; past a monocline fault and through a manmade, 680 foot tunnel on our 4 hour journey from the mining town of Clarksdale to the Perkinsville ghost ranch and back.
Two FP7 locomotives,only two of 12 remaining in North America, are the muscle that pulls the nenovated passenger cars of the Verde Canyon railroad.
This historic route is between two national forests and adjacent to a national wilderness area, and follows the upper Verde River. We passed by acient Indian ruins; over fortified trestles; past a monocline fault and through a manmade, 680 foot tunnel on our 4 hour journey from the mining town of Clarksdale to the Perkinsville ghost ranch and back.
Two FP7 locomotives,only two of 12 remaining in North America, are the muscle that pulls the nenovated passenger cars of the Verde Canyon railroad.
Thanks to Fermin, I was able to get pictures of a current bald eagle nest, as well as many other wonderful pictures.
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