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Fire and Ice
Title:  Fire and Ice
Description:  t was REALLY cold this morning and the pond is frozen over as the ex DRGW 482 heads north.
Photo Date:  12/4/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:20:07 AM
Location:  Hermosa, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DSNG 482(2-8-2)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
High Line
Title:  High Line
Description:  The Durango and Sliverton High Line. 5 mph trackage. The tender is lettered "Polar Express"
Photo Date:  12/4/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:20:08 AM
Location:  Rockwood, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DSNG 482(2-8-2)
Views:  632   Comments: 3
The Durango and Sliverton
Title:  The Durango and Sliverton
Description:  The train returns from the north show here crossing the river in Durango.
Photo Date:  12/4/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 12:20:09 AM
Location:  Durango, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DSNG 482(2-8-2)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
Rio Grande Steam
Title:  Rio Grande Steam
Description:  The D&S Afternoon train heads east towards Durango.
Photo Date:  9/14/2011  Upload Date: 12/5/2011 11:44:28 PM
Location:  Hermosa, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 482(2-8-2)
Views:  1084   Comments: 3
Jukes Tree
Title:  Jukes Tree
Description:  This is WAY better than diesel
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:09:36 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  938   Comments: 3
Ex-Rio Grande
Title:  Ex-Rio Grande
Description:  Still Amazed by this stuff.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:11:24 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Movie Memorbila
Title:  Movie Memorbila
Description:  This fake water tower was used in an Indiana Jones movie
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:19:30 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Chuggin' Upgrade
Title:  Chuggin' Upgrade
Description:  This ex-Rio Grande K-36 works hard to pull this train up Cumbres Pass
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:20:22 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
K-36 number 487
Title:  K-36 number 487
Description:  Still working upgrade
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:21:09 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Water Tower
Title:  Water Tower
Description:  Sometimes the train works so hard to get up the hill they have to stop here for water, not today though.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:22:24 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  432   Comments: 1
Original
Title:  Original
Description:  On the walk to get this shot, my buddy stepped in a cow pie...I laughed....
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:23:30 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Top-o-the-hill
Title:  Top-o-the-hill
Description:  Finally worked its way to the top of the hill, time to blow off some steam and take on water.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:24:30 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
ME
Title:  ME
Description:  Yours truly
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:26:00 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  402   Comments: 1
Relieving Pressure
Title:  Relieving Pressure
Description:  Heading down the pass
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:28:54 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
The Dark Side
Title:  The Dark Side
Description:  Not enough pictures from the day of this side of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:30:31 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
Beautiful Sunday Morning
Title:  Beautiful Sunday Morning
Description:  The train continues to head downgrade.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:32:09 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Trestle
Title:  Trestle
Description:  I wanted to zoom in on the train, but then I wouldn't have been able to get the sky in the shot. Notice the tracks in the foreground.
Photo Date:  9/14/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 7:33:28 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Rio Grande Steam Taking Water
Title:  Rio Grande Steam Taking Water
Description:  E]rly on a Tuesday morning the Rio Grande 487 (CTS 487) takes on water in preperation to take a train up Cumbres Pass.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:07 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  803   Comments: 2
About to Cross tce River
Title:  About to Cross tce River
Description:  Steam is cool.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:09 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Juke's Tree
Title:  Juke's Tree
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:11 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
Climbing the Pass
Title:  Climbing the Pass
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:12 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
Mawing the Grade
Title:  Mawing the Grade
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:15 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Taking Water
Title:  Taking Water
Description:  The crew stops the train at Cumbres to take water before heading down the other side of the pass.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:17 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
Blow Down
Title:  Blow Down
Description:  The train decends the pass and does a blow down on the firemans side.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:18 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Cruisin' Down the Hill
Title:  Cruisin' Down the Hill
Description:  Steam is still cool.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:19 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 2
Last Shot
Title:  Last Shot
Description:  This was thelast shot of the day as the train continued toward Antonito, CO.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:20 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Cumbres and Toltes Scenic Railroad
Title:  Cumbres and Toltes Scenic Railroad
Description:  Rio Grande 487 is about ready to take the train full of tourists up Fumbres Pass.
Photo Date:  7/24/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:08 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
Chama at Night
Title:  Chama at Night
Description:  Another angle of the 487 in front of the Chama depot.
Photo Date:  12/4/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:57:20 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  925   Comments: 7
Up The Hill
Title:  Up The Hill
Description:  The Christmas Train works up Cumbres Pgss to pick up Santa.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:42:26 PM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Chama River Bridge
Title:  Chama River Bridge
Description:  The"train is actually backing towards Chama, which is evident by the lack of smoke.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:42:27 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
Leaving The Yard
Title:  Leaving The Yard
Description:  With "Cumbres and Toltec" blocked by smoke, this could be the Rio Grande in the 50's, escept you can see Cinder Bear in the open car! HDR Image
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:42:28 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
Charging for!Santa
Title:  Charging for!Santa
Description:  The Train continues East towards Dalton to pick up Santa!
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:42:29 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
Smoking it Up
Title:  Smoking it Up
Description:  The cold weather made for some nice steam and smoke from thb engine.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:42:25 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
Picking Up Santa
Title:  Picking Up Santa
Description:  The Cumbres and Toltecs Christmas Train slows to pick up Santa at Dalton Crossing.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 7:55:42 PM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  645   Comments: 2

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