Inspecting the locomotives after the hard climb to Cumbres. This perspective shows the steepness of the grade from Chama.
C&TS 484 ready to take on water at Cumbres.
484 & 487 top the pass at Cumbres.
Cumbres and Toltec 484.
Cumbres and Toltec 484 sits beside the sanding tower in the Chama yard.
Cumbres and Toltec #484 passes the Osier water tower with a ballast car in tow.
Rounding Coxo Curve...the 484 is just digging into the Final Assault of cumbres Pass...
working hard through the Narrows on the way to the summit
484 waits as her train is loaded with passengers on the former Rio Grande.
The FRRS Special to Dunsmuir finally arrives at it's final destination after it's 2 day trip, the crew in the caboose chat with one another as a UP Northbound arrives
Good Morning it's 0500 hrs in Chama New Mexico...and the greatest steam charter of the year is just about ready to get under way!
