There's a hint of smoke coming from hot brake shoes as No. 484 drops downgrade past the water tower at Cresco.
It's raining in the high country as C&TS 484 works its way between Los Pinos and Cumbres.
C&TS 484 passes the recently-restored section house at the summit of Cumbres Pass.
C&TS 484 pauses at the summit of Cumbres Pass before heading towards Antonito with the August 2016 Engineer/Fireman school train.
I've been a postcard collector for a long time and this is the closest I've ever come a "postcard perfect" shot! Here's Cumbres & Toltec 487, with train 216 from Chama, nearing the summ... (more)
After departing Cumbres, 487 is racing a fast-moving storm as it heads through Coxo towards Chama.
C&TS 487 steams into Cumbres with train 215.
C&TS 487, with train 215 from Antonito, has left Los Pinos and is a few minutes out of Cumbres.
No. 484 has a student engineer at the throttle as it thunders upgrade at Dalton.
No. 489, pulling the regular 10:00 AM Train out of Chama, has slowed to a crawl as it passes a flock of sheep grazing in the high country.
No. 484 sounds ten times her size as she moves tonnage upgrade at Cresco, Colorado.
No. 484 has turned on the Cumbres wye and is preparing for the return trip to Chama.
Mountain freight train nearing the Colorado state line as it climbs towards Cumbres Pass.
No. 484 barks upgrade with freight cars at rural Dalton, New Mexico.
No. 484 whistles for the first grade crossing out of Chama with the August 2016 Engineer/Fireman school train.
