Triple Header Cumbres and Toltec RR Video 3. Cumbres Pass 10 24 2015
1,800 views · Published 3 December 2015 · 5:36 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: John Horvath · 2015 · Travel & Events
Opens with smoke and sound of the approaching train navigating Windy Point. Cumbres Pass has 3 inch snowfall. 27 degrees. 10,016 foot elevation. 01:30 Railing by train is the top of wood trestle over the Continental Divide Trail. 02:20 Center above and right ahead of train. Cistern gauge is white vertical board top of cistern hillock. Right is the water spout, then Forman house, then Cumbres Pass Station. 3:25 Jay Wimer, Chama Steam Excursions, talks with lead engine crew. 03:45 Train slopes downhill to Windyu Point from Cumbres Station. Ruling grade 4%. 04:00 Me taking stills in my grey/blue Nantucket hoodie. The black spots are not steam engine freckles or camera pox. They are spots of soot on the clear lense cover after a morning of chasing this train.
