Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY breaks through the snowbank at the County Road 445 grade crossing at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. The rotary was operated by the C&TS for ra... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s steam-powered Rotary OY and outfit train throws snow off the right-of-way at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. This special train was operated by the C... (more)

Clouds of steam accompany Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s steam-powered Rotary OY and outfit train as it approaches Coxo, Colorado, on March 1, 2020. The train was operated as part of C&TS’... (more)

OY in the Narrows

Rotary Steam Snow Plow D&RGW OY is battling heavy snow through the Narrows north of Chama, NM March 1, 2020. The Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec did an incred... (more)

Snow Fighter

Rotary steam powered snow plow OY is in the battle for the fight with deep snow on its accent up Cumbres Pass. In full view, Windy Point and Cumbres Pass is lo... (more)

D&RGW OY on Lobato Trestle

Rotary steam powered snow plow OY rolls home after a day fighting snow over Cumbres Pass. Here passing over Lobato Trestle. Doing the honors with ... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary snowplow OY removes some snow through a curve above Dalton, New Mexico, on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Rio Grande caboose No. 0306 carries the m... (more)

On the afternoon of February 29, 2020, the tranquility of high country in winter is shattered as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam-powered Rotary OY plows its way up the steep four percent gr... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s snowplow Rotary OY gnaws through an icy snowpack atop 10,015-foot Cumbres Pass, Colorado, on March 1, 2020. This special run of the plow was done to kick off t... (more)

Rotary OY after dark. Here's a rear quarter view of OY and her auxiliary water car as they sit in the Chama Yard. Like most of the Leslie-type rotary snow plows, OY was built as a standard... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec K-36 No. 487 sits with Rotary OY and water car No. 0472 beneath the coaling tower at Chama, New Mexico, on the night of February 29, 2020. Built by Baldwin in 1925 for the Rio Gra... (more)

Rotary OY after dark. Rotary Snow Plow OY, her water car and Pusher Locomotive #487 sit at the Chama Coal Tipple after returning from the first day of operations. Lighting here was provide... (more)

Impact! My camera captures the instant that the charging rotary outfit makes explosive contact with the dense, 4 ft. deep snow pack in the yard at Cumbres Pass. The violence you see out in... (more)

Charge! After stalling out briefly in the dense, 4 ft. deep snow-pack on Cumbres Pass, the Rotary Outfit has backed up perhaps one car-length, and with two blasts of the small, shrill whist... (more)

Rotary OY reaches Cumbres Pass. Looking very much like it might have perhaps 80 years earlier, Rotary OY and her snow-fighting outfit reaches the snow-bound section house at the summit of C... (more)