RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 480 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Steam 2-8-2 at Chama, New Mexico by John West
 
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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» Steam 2-8-2 (more..)
» West of Chama climbing to Azotea, the continential divide. 
» Chama, New Mexico, USA (more..)
» December, 1961
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» DRGW 480 (more..)
» Unknown
» John West (more..)
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Westbound from Chama enroute Durango.
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