D&RGW #485 - in reality #489 re-numbered to play the part of the only non-surviving K-36 class - leads its freight train around the final loop of "Tanglefoot Curve, just below Cumbres Pass. Short... (more)

A mixed freight train is headed upgrade, timetable westbound headed for Cumbres Pass. In this view, we see the train partway up "Tanglefoot Curve" with levels visible both above and bel... (more)

D&RGW #485 (with #489 playing the part!) has almost reached the top of Cumbres Pass. We're trackside right at Windy Point for this view of the final pull to the top. Shot during a Lerro Producti... (more)

D&RGW #485 has stopped at the water plug on top of Cumbres Pass with its freight train. The light is fading, but there'll be much more to photograph after the sun goes down, as we'll pause to get... (more)

D&RGW #485 (with #489 temporarily playing the part) moves down the south leg of the wye on top of Cumbres Pass. In this view, we can clearly see the location of the turntable which used to be loc... (more)

D&RGW #485 is backing its train into the remains of the snowshed which covers the tail of the wye atop Cumbres Pass, the high point of the C&TS at 10,015'. Of course, the real #485 was irreparabl... (more)

Cumbres Silhouette

At the end of a long day of shooting on a Lerro Productions two day event on the C&TS, we set up for a star shot. With 2-8-2 #489 (today lettered for the ... (more)

Meet me in Osier. Cumbres & Toltec 2-8-2 489, still dressed up as Rio Grande 485, arrives at the midway point of the trip in Osier with the daily passenger train from Chama. Rio Grande 487 ... (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)

Uphill at Perry's Pond. With the climb up to Cumbres Pass looming ahead of them, the crew of D&RGW 2-8-2 485 passes Perry's Pond and set their sights on Windy Point. In a few minutes, the t... (more)

The climb to Cumbres is almost over for D&RGW 2-8-2 485 and her short train as she loops through Tanglefoot Curve. After passing by, the train will loop behind the photographer and end up on the s... (more)

Climbing the hill. Cumbres & Toltec 2-8-2 489 was disguised at "Denver & Rio Grande Western 485" last September for a Lerro Productions photo freight charter. The 485 works hard to lift the... (more)

Cumbres after dark. After watering their locomotive, the crew of a late-night, Rio Grande freight hold at Cumbres Station, awaiting their orders to proceed down the 4% grade to their final ... (more)

Cumbres Pass - Elevation 10,015 MSL. A Chama-bound freight eases up to the water plug in front of the depot at the storied Cumbres Pass Station. Once a very busy waystation on the D&RG Nar... (more)

Steamscape - Tanglefoot Curve. A westbound D&RGW freight ascends the last 100 vertical feet to the 10,000 ft. high Cumbres Pass over a curvaceous, mile and a half stretch of track, known as... (more)