RailPictures.Net Photo: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Steam 2-8-2 at Chama, New Mexico by John West
 
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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» Steam 2-8-2 (more..)
» Chama yard 
» Chama, New Mexico, USA (more..)
» December, 1961
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The temps are way below freezing during the night, steam engines tend to drip, ice forms, and the result by early morning is an engine solidly frozen to the rails. So the hostler burns some oil soaked waste along side the wheels to loosen things up. Gives a whole new meaning to the term "hot rail".
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