Bedded down under a blanket of stars. Five operational, narrow gauge steam locomotives, all of which were built before 1900, share the yard in Antonito, Colorado, at the start of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's Victorian Iron Horse Roundup event. From left to right, we see D&RG #425 (aka 315), an 1895-vintage 2-8-0, D&RG #168, an 1883-built 4-6-0, RGS #20, an 1899-era 4-6-0, Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka", an 1875 4-4-0 American, and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook", an 1875 2-6-0 Mogul type. Of the 5, all are Baldwin Products except for the RGS #20, which came from the Schenectady Locomotive Works. The 20 and the 425 also share something in common in that both were originally built for Colorado's Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad (F&CC) before going to work for the railroads whose names they carry today.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
