Escaping even snowier weather at the summit of Cumbres Pass, a westbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight led by Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-37 No. 497 approaches Dalton, New Mexico, on a col... (more)

Crossing the Los Pinos River between Osier and Los Pinos, Colorado, is a Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight led by 2-8-2 K-36 No. 487 on October 25, 2008. With the locomotive relette... (more)

As the lead helper locomotive of a three-locomotive Rio Grande narrow gauge freight up Cumbres Pass, the crew of K-36 No. 489 looks back at the road locomotive crew taking on water on top of the p... (more)

Charging up the four percent grade through Cresco, Colorado, is a Rio Grande freight led by 2-8-2 Mikado No. 489. This Rio Grande-lettered freight train is being operated by the Cumbres & Toltec S... (more)

Three Rio Grande K-36 2-8-2s haul a freight up the steep 4% grade of Cumbres Pass out of Chama, New Mexico, on October 25, 2008. The train is rounding a curve between Lobato and Dalton west of mil... (more)

River routes use gravity and follow the topography of the landscape they go through, and are rarely ever in a straight line. In some ways, to get through rugged land, railroad’s right-of-ways ar... (more)

Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge K-36 No. 487 leads a westbound freight past Perry’s Pond west of Coxo, Colorado on famed Cumbres Pass. This photo freight was operated by the Cumbres a... (more)