C&TS 489 leading the daily Chama-Antonito passenger train as it nears the top of Cumbres Pass on a beautiful summer day in southern Colorado.

DRG&W #485 under starry, starry skies. Lighting by God, flash, by Lerro Productions. DRG&W #489 as #485, if just for 48 hours.

Topping Cumbres Pass. Coming out of the shadows of Tanglefoot Curve, a D&RGW Freight enters the evening sunlight at the 10,020 foot-level....the summit of Cumbres Pass. Shortly, she'll cro... (more)

Evening departure at Cumbres Pass. The last rays of sun poke through the clouds as a Denver & Rio Grande Western Freight eases out of Cumbres Station on the westbound run to Chama, and late... (more)

DRG&W #487 over the 1889 built Cascade Trestle during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

DRG&W #487 at Windy Point.

1951 or 2011?

While in Cumbres one September I made sure to document this scene. DRG&W #485 has long been scrapped after falling into a turntable pit and only the entrance of the full snow shed (as seen) now s... (more)

One of my early color images (from the two day Lerro Photo charter featuring #489 as #485).

Fond memories chasing the DRG&W with steam photographer John West and friends. Hard to believe it was only last week. bw

In the snowshed at Cumbres Pass. Denver & Rio Grande Western #485 sits with her freight on a snowshed-covered leg of the Cumbres Pass Wye waiting for traffic to pass. For pretty obvious r... (more)

Steamscape - Tanglefoot Curve. Denver & Rio Grande Western #485 works upgrade westbound on Tanglefoot Curve with an afternoon freight bound for Cumbres Pass and Chama. For the first day o... (more)

Vista at Tanglefoot. In an effort to maintain a practical grade though the steep grades of both CO and NM, the Rio Grande engineered several horseshoe grades in it's lines easing the climb. In t... (more)

Well I'll be dog gone, if it ain't DRG&W #485 returned from the scrap yard! Flagman and best friend sit and admire DRG&W #489 posed as #485, last seen in 1955 when scrapped after falling into a t... (more)

DRGW 487 is climbing the east slope of Cumbres on a cool picture perfect Fall day in southern Colorado......