Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - June 11-13, 2021: With a shout-out and debt of gratitude to Pat, the moderator of this forum, I had a great weekend photographing the Cumbres &...

ft Loc: New York, USA

With a shout-out and debt of gratitude to Pat, the moderator of this forum, I had a great weekend photographing the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

Pat was very generous sharing his great knowledge of both photography and the railroad, and provided great suggestions as to good, safe standby locations for photo ops.

Thank you Pat!

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A bonus - the engineering school train was run up and down the line on Friday, June 11th.

Locomotive 484 leading the engineering school train -- a freight consist -- over Rio Chama on Saturday, June 12th.

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Loco No. 494 leads C&T passenger train to Osier on Saturday, June 12th

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The engineer school freight train passes Los Pinos tank on Saturday, June 12th

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The train passes by Cresco en route back to Chama on Saturday, June 12th

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Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Nice photos! That is on my bucket-list... hopefully soon.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

A great grouping and thanks for sharing this!!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

Great photos; and, yes, Pat is a great guy and knows a lot about these trains. Thanks for posting.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A fine set.

JayRay Loc: Missouri

ft wrote:

With a shout-out and debt of gratitude to Pat, the moderator of this forum, I had a great weekend photographing the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

Pat was very generous sharing his great knowledge of both photography and the railroad, and provided great suggestions as to good, safe standby locations for photo ops.

Thank you Pat!

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Great captures!

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Thanks for the post. We no longer geographically travel, only web photographically.

~Lee

35B Loc: Australia

could you please tell me the track guage, the boiler pressure and the size of the driving wheels of the loco's in your nice photo's, and the year they were built?
35B

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Frank, it was very nice to meet you and hang out!
You have presented a well-captured series of images, too!
Looking forward to seeing you again as well.
Pat

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Jay Pat wrote:

Frank, it was very nice to meet you and hang out!
You have presented a well-captured series of images, too!
Looking forward to seeing you again as well.
Pat

JayPat is the guy! I've been following him for years!!

ft Loc: New York, USA

DickC wrote:

JayPat is the guy! I've been following him for years!!

Indeed! Me too.
Thank you all for the positive comments!

ft Loc: New York, USA

35B wrote:

could you please tell me the track guage, the boiler pressure and the size of the driving wheels of the loco's in your nice photo's, and the year they were built?
35B

35B -

Disclaimer:
I am really not much of a train enthusiast other than enjoying photographing trains in the landscape.
I do admire the engineering involved in steam motive power but I have no clue as to operating specs.

Per Wikipedia, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a 3-foot (914mm) narrow gauge railroad.

Here are closer looks at the the locomotives in service in service that weekend:

Locomotive 487 - a K-36 Baldwin 2-8-2, built in 1925

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Locomotive 484 - also a Baldwin K-36, 2-8-2, built in 1925

Operating out of Antonito, Colorado was C&TSSRR Locomotive 489 -- like the others, a Baldwin K-36, 2-8-2, built in 1925

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Here's a side view of 489 before it was coupled to passenger train for the Antonito-Osier run.

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DickC Loc: NE Washington state

ft wrote:

35B -

Disclaimer:
I am really not much of a train enthusiast other than enjoying photographing trains in the landscape.
I do admire the engineering involved in steam motive power but I have no clue as to operating specs.

Per Wikipedia, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a 3-foot (914mm) narrow gauge railroad.

Here are closer looks at the the locomotives in service in service that weekend:

Great photos, thanks!!!

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Just a note.
#489 was converted to burn oil this last winter.
It is pulling passenger cars already this season and is running well from what I hear.