Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and outfit train, powered by a pair of K-36 Mikados, plows to the top of Cumbres Pass on March 1, 2020. The train has almost reached the 10,022-foot pass... (more)

Smoke, steam and cinders fly into the cold Colorado sky as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and an all but invisible outfit train plows through the last bit of crusty snow before reachin... (more)

Under a high country cobalt blue sky, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and outfit train work upgrade out of Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020.

Heavy, crusty snow at the summit of Cumbres Pass in Colorado, gives Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY a minor workout as it clears the line to the Highway 17 grade crossing on March 1, 20... (more)

After plowing the former Rio Grande narrow gauge main line east to Cresco, Colorado, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY rests in front of the coaling tower at Chama, New Mexico, on the... (more)

After departing Chama, New Mexico, on the morning of February 29, 2020, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY begins to throw some snow passing milepost 329 approaching “the narrows.”... (more)

On the afternoon of February 29, 2020, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam-powered Rotary OY, pushed by 2-8-2 Mikados Nos. 487 and 484, plows its way east on the three-foot gauge railroad, up t... (more)

Plowing snow between Dalton, New Mexico, and Cresco, Colorado is Cumbres & Toltec Rotary OY and outfit train on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Pushing the steam-powered plow is K-36 Nos. 487 ... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY breaks through the snowbank at the County Road 445 grade crossing at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. The rotary was operated by the C&TS for ra... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s steam-powered Rotary OY and outfit train throws snow off the right-of-way at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. This special train was operated by the C... (more)

Clouds of steam accompany Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s steam-powered Rotary OY and outfit train as it approaches Coxo, Colorado, on March 1, 2020. The train was operated as part of C&TS’... (more)

On the afternoon of February 29, 2020, the tranquility of high country in winter is shattered as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam-powered Rotary OY plows its way up the steep four percent gr... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s snowplow Rotary OY gnaws through an icy snowpack atop 10,015-foot Cumbres Pass, Colorado, on March 1, 2020. This special run of the plow was done to kick off t... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Rotary snowplow OY is leaving “the Narrows” and approaches Lobato, New Mexico as it heads upgrade on Cumbres Pass on February 29, 2020.

Cumbres & Toltec Rotary snowplow OY clears the narrow gauge right-of-way eastbound upgrade toward Cumbres Pass just above Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. Engineer Max Casias, located in ... (more)