Cumbres & Toltec Double Header @ New Mexico Highway 17

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 steam locomotives nos. 484 and 488 eastbound double header special crosses New Mexico State Highway 17 climbing the 4% grade between mileposts 338 and 337 with 9-car train just south of Colorado state line. Locomotive No. 484 will be cut from the train at the summit of Cumbres Pass to power a freight special to Antonito, CO running ahead of the regular passenger train. Saturday, June 19, 2010.

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[slvufo]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. This is not far from the Ghost Train of Mesita. In 1910, the San Luis Southern Railway was completed by a subsidiary of the Costilla Estates Development Company. This line was known as Colorado's loneliest railroad. The line served a connection with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad at Blanca.

[USMCnBNSFdude]

Thanks for sharing. I rode behind 484 from Cumbres Pass a month (to the day) after you took this. :) Man that whistle is a screamer.