D&RGW K27 #463 leads mixed freight at Coxo, CO 10/4/16, and is climbing to Cumbres Pass, 1015'. Windy Point can be seen on the top left. From the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the ... (more)

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars passes Cresco Tank Cresco, CO 10/4/16 as part of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars, entering the narrows outside Chama, NM 10/4/16. This is from the 2016 Fall Photo Freight of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars, passing Jukes Tree Chama, NM 10/4/16. This is from the 2016 Fall Photo Freight of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec. We were fortunate to have incre... (more)

The Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec hosted a two day 2016 Fall Photo Freight October 4th and 5th, 2016 with a variety of power, locations, etc. The first day began with DRGW K27 #463, a 1903 Ba... (more)

Rio Grande K-27 No. 463 sits inside the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Chama, New Mexico, enginehouse on June 6, 2018. Outside on the north side tracks, C&TS K-36 Nos. 484 and 489 are readie... (more)

After helping a freight train on the eastern grade of Cumbres Pass, Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-27 No. 463 heads back to Chama light engine ahead of the freight on September 17, 1996. Snow is flying on top... (more)

A westbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight led by K-37 No. 497 waits on the main line as K-27 No. 463, used as a mid-train helper to the summit of Cumbres Pass, trundles by light e... (more)

#484 and #463 work hard as they pass through Dalton. The train actually made a stop here to pick up some passengers that missed the train in Chama. It was quite impressive to watch them get moving... (more)

Filling up #463 with coal for the grueling climb to Cumbres Pass. That day #463 would double head with #484 to the summit. From there, #484 would be cut off of the front of the train and #463 woul... (more)

D&RGW K-27 No. 463 drifts downhill from Cumbres Pass with the first Eastbound train of the 2017 season.

Denver & Rio Grande Western #463 struggles up the steep grades out of the Narrows with a stock train bound for Cumbres Pass and eventually points east. This is just a small section of a larger tra... (more)

Steamscape: Windy Point from Perry's Pond. On a late summer afternoon, D&RGW 463 drifts down the 4% grade below Windy Point, passing the small beaver pond that has informally been named for... (more)

Pinning on the power. A D&RGW K-27 Locomotive couples up to a freight consist in the yard at Cumbres Pass, in preparation for the trip down the 4% grade to Chama, NM and beyond. On the si... (more)

In July 1969 the Rio Grande was granted permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon their narrow gauge lines in Colorado and New Mexico, with the exception of the Silverton branc... (more)