Big country, little train. A stock train crosses the Rio de los Pi?os on a wood pile trestle at milepost 324.52 on its climb up Cumbres Pass. From a 2011 Lerro Productions charter.
Los Pi?os Tank A stock train makes its way up the east side of Cumbres Pass, here passing Los Pi?os Tank. A few small acreages now dot this end of the valley, but when the states of C... (more)
Fall colors are a week or so away from peak, but hints of yellow and red cover the hillside as our stock special climbs the 4% grade up Cumbres Pass. From a 2011 Lerro Productions charter.
Cowboy Up! A drover rides the top of a stock car to assist D&RGW #487's crew in spotting one of the cars at the chute. This is the stock pen at Osier, and there are cattle in the pen wa... (more)
Our stock special waits at Los Pi?os siding for the daily passenger train for Chama to pass. It's a flawless "chamber of commerce" fall afternoon in the southern San Juans From a 2011 L... (more)
I was traveling to Chama, NM early on a Friday evening to spend a weekend shooting fall colors on the C&TS when I ran into a surprise as I crested Cumbres Pass on Hwy 17. A short eastbound train ... (more)
On a beautiful fall morning, D&RGW #487 crosses the 175' trestle over the Rio de los Pinos at mile marker 324.5 with a stock train headed for Osier. We'll load cattle there.