Rio Grande K-37 No. 497 departs Cumbres, Colorado, in the midst of an autumn snowstorm atop Cumbres Pass on September 17, 1996. The Mikado is pulling a freight train chartered for photographers on the 3-foot gauge Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad operating between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
