A cold rain has turned to wet snow as a Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight is on the eastern approach of Cumbres Pass, Colorado, on September 17, 1996. All former Rio Grande, Mikado K-37 No. 497 is the road engine, with Mikado K-27 No. 463, barely visible in the background, cut in the train ahead of the caboose.

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Escaping even snowier weather at the summit of Cumbres Pass, a westbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight led by Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-37 No. 497 approaches Dalton, New Mexico, on a cold September 17, 1996.

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Climbing the four percent grade of Cumbres Pass, Cumbres & Toltec’s Rotary OY plow outfit approaches Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020.

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A Durango and Silverton photo extra approaches Rockwood, Colorado on the morning of August 24, 2005. This mixed freight pulled by K-28 No. 473 was operated during the railroad’s Railfest activities on August 24, 2005.

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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s 8:15 a.m. departure from Durango steams through Trimble, Colorado, on August 25, 2005. Former Rio Grande K-36-class Mikado No. 486 does the honors with this morning’s train in a panned view.

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