Re-creating an iconic photo that graced the front cover to Trains Magazine in 1942, the newly restored Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20 poses as a brakeman sits on the pilot to re-create that cover. The brakeman that was was riding the pilot to help keep an eye out for landslides that plagued the famed railroad. Today, there's not a problem on the Cumbres and Toltec, but we stopped to take this static shot. From the cab, you can see the Cumbres' long tenured engineer, Carlos Llamas at the throttle..
