Stockers bound for Alamosa
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 Locomotive #487 takes a morning Cumbres Turn up the 4% grade out of Chama, NM, headed for Cumbres Pass with s string of empty stockers and some other mixed freight. The stock cars are destined for Alamosa as the fall stock rush is fast coming. The train is pictured here at Milepost 336.8 at a location that has come to be known in the tourist era as "Orgasm Curve", probably more as a result of the activities of teenagers parking on the mesa above, than anything related to the railroad.
This image was captured during a September 2011 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, organized by Lerro Photography.
Stockers bound for Alamosa
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 Locomotive #487 takes a morning Cumbres Turn up the 4% grade out of Chama, NM, headed for Cumbres Pass with s string of empty stockers and some other mixed freight. The stock cars are destined for Alamosa as the fall stock rush is fast coming. The train is pictured here at Milepost 336.8 at a location that has come to be known in the tourist era as "Orgasm Curve", probably more as a result of the activities of teenagers parking on the mesa above, than anything related to the railroad.
This image was captured during a September 2011 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, organized by Lerro Photography.