Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - Summer on the 4th Division

Nestled deep within the Rocky Mountains of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado, lies one of America's best tourist railroads, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. With 64 miles of beautiful scenery and a roster with several active steam locomotives, the C&TS is guaranteed to satisfy anyone from the typical tourist to the most dedicated railfans. We spent three days in early June capturing some of the first trains to operate in the Summer season as best as we could. With locomotives #488 and #484 being the primary motive power for this month, the locomotives and engineers got to show of their skills and power working up the steep grade of Cumbres Pass which has a maximum gradient of 4%. We would like to thank Nick Martin of ‪@PennsyPro‬ and his family for coming out to ride and chase the train with us, along with members of ‪@AmericanSteamRailroad‬ who also came out to enjoy this beautiful railroad. Of course many thanks to the hard-working employees and volunteers of the Cumbres & Toltec and the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec for helping keep this railroad going and keeping history alive along the Denver & Rio Grande Western's 4th Division. We hope you enjoy this production of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Chama
4:35 - Departing Chama
6:00 - Juke's Tree
6:29 - Milepost 342
7:06 - Mielspost 341
7:41 - Lake Lobato
8:43 - Lobato
9:24 - Dalton
10:02 - Highway #17 Grade Crossing
10:58 - State-Line Curve
11:45 - Cresco
13:28 - Coxo
15:19 - Windy Point
15:49 - Milepost 329
16:27 - Los Pinos
19:54 - Milepost 329
20:20 - Tanglefoot Curve
22:09 - Cumbres Pass
24:30 - Coxo
25:53 - Cresco
26:22 - S-Curve
27:13 - Highway #17 Grade Crossing
27:52 - Lake Lobato
28:24 - Chama
29:42 - Credits
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[@damiancameron3614]

good to see 488 with its 5 chime again

[@mikeyjasoncampbell9694]

#488 is my favorite steam locomotive ever! I love her tender the way it saids “Cumbres and Toltec Scenic R.R.” I think it’s perfect!

[@user-uc9tj5uh8x]

Он такой небольшой, уютный, а как гудит??❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-uc9tj5uh8x]

Красивые пейзажи, хорошенький паровоз😊🥰

[@paulkelly-cy9hl]

great footage

[@zebrashark23]

Cool! Some unique spots that you don't see much footage from. Really interesting how much the brakes were smoking on the way down.

[@TrainChamber]

Very well done, Jack! This has gotta be your best video to date!

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

Thanks Joe, glad you enjoyed :)

[@Wilett614]

Great video and wonderful Photography ! Thanks for sharing : )

[@stephensfarms7165]

Fantastic video of #488, and #484, coal fired. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@austie24]

Amazing to see that the K36s have semi pneumatic bells

[@Sparecards]

Why?

[@thomasweekley9209]

@1:17 why is that excavator there? Did they tear down something?

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

The friends were doing gravel work in the yard

[@TNRailProductions_01]

Great video. What camera do you use?

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

Canon R50.

[@rileysanesh5203]

When 488 was running this year Where was 484, 487 and 489 then

[@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks]

I'm not sure how you missed it, but 484 is in this video. 489 is being worked on and will be operational sometime this summer, and 487 is being converted to oil and will return in the fall.