With heavy snows the previous winter, a fan trip became the real thing, in May of 1991. As Rotary OY and K36's 487 and 488 had to give it all they had to clear the line over Cumbres Pass. They hav... (more)
After cresting the Summit at Cumbres, the C&TS #489 drops downgrade and heads into the first horseshoe at Tanglefoot Curve on the East side of the Pass.
The daily Eastbound C&TS Passenger train with double heading Steam engines has finished climbing the grade out of Chama and is just past Windy Point as it approaches the Summit of Cumbres Pass.