The serpentine 2.5% trackage up La Veta Pass is challenging this 2-8-0 .... it almost looks D&RGW...
Long after retiring from Michigan's Iron Range the antique LS&I 2-8-0 tackles Colorado's Rocky Mountains with a photo passenger special....
SLRG #18 on a Photo Special pulls the 3% westbound dwarfed by the Sangre de Cristos . A spectacular and remote line!