RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 485 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Steam 2-8-2 at Cumbres, Colorado by Kevin Madore

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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» Steam 2-8-2 (more..)

» Cumbres Station (MP 330.7)
» Cumbres, Colorado, USA (more..)
» September 21, 2011

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Cumbres Vista. The crew DRGW 485 takes in the afternoon vista from the summit of Cumbres Pass, as they pause just west of Cumbres Station before proceeding down the 4% grade to Chama. Of course, astute observers will quickly spot the tell-tale signs that this is really Locomotive 489, disguised for a Lerro Productions photo freight. The 489 is standing in for the only one of the ten K-36s which did not survive into the tourist era on the Colorado Narrow Gauge. DRGW 485 was badly damaged in a turntable mishap in Salida, Colorado back in 1953 and was dismantled for parts a couple of years later.

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