Coloradorailphotographer
Rain, Sleet, or Snow
2-8-2 class K-36 487 wheels slipping barks up Cumbres Pass through a late September deluge of every type of precipitation imaginable. The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36 class are ten 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, Mikado type, 2-8-2 steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) by Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were shipped to the Rio Grande in 1925, and were first used along the Monarch Branch and Marshall Pass, but were later sent to the Third Division out of Alamosa. Of the original ten, four are owned by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) and five by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS). . This was off camera b on tripod while my other was handheld. A good testament to quality weather sealed gear, torrential down pours mixing between rail, super cooled rain, snow, sleet, and soft hail filled this experience a 1/4 mile walk down the right of way from Cumbres grade crossing.
Rain, Sleet, or Snow
2-8-2 class K-36 487 wheels slipping barks up Cumbres Pass through a late September deluge of every type of precipitation imaginable. The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36 class are ten 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, Mikado type, 2-8-2 steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) by Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were shipped to the Rio Grande in 1925, and were first used along the Monarch Branch and Marshall Pass, but were later sent to the Third Division out of Alamosa. Of the original ten, four are owned by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) and five by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS). . This was off camera b on tripod while my other was handheld. A good testament to quality weather sealed gear, torrential down pours mixing between rail, super cooled rain, snow, sleet, and soft hail filled this experience a 1/4 mile walk down the right of way from Cumbres grade crossing.