A San Luis Central passenger special steams in the wide open San Luis Valley four miles north of Monte Vista, Colorado, on September 1, 2013. SLC owned only one steam locomotive early in its history, a Baldwin 2-8-0 numbered 1, that was bought new in 1913 and retired in 1955. To mark the 100 year anniversary of the railroad, they operated a passenger special on the 13-mile line from Monte Vista to Center in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. To help with festivities, neighboring railroad San Luis and Rio Grande relettered and renumbered their 2-8-0 No. 18, to SLC No. 1 to power the special train.
