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)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clears deep snow out of a large cut west of First View, Colorado, Colorado, on October 28, 1997. The Cheyenne-based plow was called to clear the “Kansas Pa... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and outfit train sits briefly at Kit Carson, Colorado, while the crew fetches lunch on October 28, 1997. The plow is clearing a autumn blizzard that blocke... (more)

Union Pacific’s snow fighting outfit, led by rotary snowplow No. 900082, pauses at Limon, Colorado, before heading east on the Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific line on the morni... (more)

After a early season snowfall closed Union Pacific’s Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific or KP, Cheyenne-based rotary snowplow No. 900082 makes quick work of a drift east of Wild H... (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&T... (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’ 50t... (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 the... (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)

Cumbres & Toltec’s Rotary OY outfit train steams through a curve above Dalton, New Mexico, on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Rio Grande caboose No. 0306 carries the markers on the eastbound t... (more)

This is about as far as Cumbres & Toltec’s Rotary OY outfit train is going to plow on March 1, 2020. It was quickly stopped after breaking though the crusty snowbank along Highway 17, and is now r... (more)

At the summit of Cumbres Pass, Colorado, there’s quite a bit of white stuff to chew on as Cumbres & Toltec Rotary OY makes a run at the build-up of icy snow at the Colorado Highway 17 grade crossi... (more)