CATS #487 waits to couple the “observation gondola” and consession car to the rear of the train bound for Antonito, CO.

CATS #487 waits to couple the “observation gondola” to the rear of the train bound for Antonito, CO.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 2-8-2 No. 483 leads a photo freight across Cumbred Pass, nearing the summit on its way to Antonio, Colo., from Chama, N.M., during Trains Magazine's August 2018 ph... (more)

A cold rain has turned to a heavy, wet snow as a Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight is approaching the summit of Cumbres Pass on September 17, 1996. The train is led by Rio Grande K-... (more)

A westbound local wiii set out a gon in the siding at Cumbres Pass on a dreary day, take water and proceed to Chama. The old K27 is fitted with a misnumbered phony headlight used on an earlier mo... (more)

Summit Finale

D&RGW 2-8-2 #453 leads a train around Tanglefoot Curve, as it heads toward the summit at Cumbres. #453 was renumbered from its usual #463 for this Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec charter.

Easing through the snow covered yard at Cumbres Pass, a snowplow-less 488 rolls down the main track. The first snows of the season have already fallen with a few days left in the railroad's seaso... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec 488 sits atop Cumbres Pass as they prep to take on water. From here its all downhill to Chama on a nearly 4% grade as a light rain rolls in. Amazing to think how little this sce... (more)

Turning back the clock to 1968, Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36, "#483" yanks her train out of the Coxo Curve as sister 484 begins pushing on the rear at the edge of the frame. T... (more)

Turning back the clock to 1968, Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36, #484 is the rear train helper on this photo charter meant to mimic the last revenue freight ran by the D&RGW. This of course is... (more)

Featured in the May 2020 issue of “Trains Magazine” in Justin Franz’s article “A Grande Future” Making the final strides into Cumbres, K-36 488 leaves Tanglefoot Curve under threatening... (more)

D&RGW 315 arrives at Cumbres Pass after a long trip from Antonito.

A Rio Grande Cumbres Turn hammers up the 4% grade after rounding Windy Point. This section of track is the last bit of 4% grade before reaching Cumbres Pass. The train was put together by Lerro P... (more)

484 coasts past Perry's Pond descending from Cumbres Pass into Chama.