Done up as D&RGW and adorned with a fake oil headlight left over from a movie production, this extra is picking up a gon in the siding as cold mists cloak the peaks and the light fades in the magn... (more)

C&TS 488 leads a Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec special train that ran from Chama to Cumbres for a meeting of the Friends. One of the members of the Friends passed away in February, so shortly af... (more)

DRGW 487 is rounding Windy Point and is now in full assault of the final few hundred yards of 4%. If all these cars had been loads this train would have been quite near the tonnage limits for the... (more)

DRGW 487 has rounded Windy Point and is now in full assault of the final few hundred yards of 4%. Other than the paved highway this could have easily passed for 1955. Photo Charters such as Lerr... (more)

DRGW (C&TS) 487 heads west towards Cumbres. I had the opportunity to attend Lerro's October Charter...Great Time!

Cumbres after dark. With her day's assignment as a helper now complete, a D&RGW K-36 simmers on the main in front of the depot at Cumbres Pass, with only the night hostlers keeping watch. ... (more)

Moon over Cumbres. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36, Number 487 poses on the 84 ft. wooden trestle at Cumbres Pass, under a crystal clear, moon-lit sky. A 30-second exposure at ISO 500 and... (more)

D&RGW's K-36 484 leads 67 mostly-empty cars around "Tanglefoot curve" east of Cumbres Pass, Colo. as the train heads eastward down grade to Alamosa on June 3, 1966. Subsequent tree growth pre... (more)

Pete Lerro Charter 2012. This was the second run-bye at my favorite point of the C&TS. This time with a little more smoke. The grade here actually exceeds 4% for very short sections..... Quite a... (more)

Windy Point: A view from Roger's Rock. On a chilly fall morning, we watch a D&RGW freight, as it tip-toes along the cliff just below Windy Point and prepares to enter the station at Cumbre... (more)

The conductor and brakeman prepare for the 4% grade down to Chama while stopped at Cumbres Pass.

No, this is why it's called Tanglefoot. Four levels of tracks can be seen from this angle of the curve as the westbound freight complete with mid-train helper enters the horseshoe cu... (more)

I was able to attend the Last Day of the Pete Lerro Charter over Cumbres Pass on October 23, 2012. The morning consist was a very authentic looking freight. Here the train climbs the 4% approachi... (more)

I was able to attend the Last Day of the Pete Lerro Charter over Cumbres Pass on October 23, 2012. The morning consist was a very authentic looking freight. Here the train climbs the 4% at Windy ... (more)

So that's why it's called Tanglefoot. Rio Grande 2-8-2 485 (actually 489 in disguise) winds its way through Tanglefoot Curve on its way to Cumbres. The train started at the base of the hill... (more)