RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 489 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Steam 2-8-2 at Cumbres, Colorado by Kevin Madore
 
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» Los Pinos Trestle (MP 324.52) 
» Cumbres, Colorado, USA (more..)
» October 24, 2024
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Crossing the Rio de los Pinos. A Rio Grande freight rumbles across the timber trestle that spans the Rio de los Pinos at Milepost 324.52, as it works north in the valley named for this river. One of the more beautiful locations on the Cumbres Pass route, the Los Pinos Valley represents a nearly 5-mile detour that the railroad takes on a north-south, hairpin-shaped piece of track, in order to keep the grade manageable. The locomotive pictured here is Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #489, the last of a class of 10, outside frame Mikados built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925.

This image was captured during an October 2024 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which now operates this line as a tourist railroad. The locomotive, which was built as a coal-burner, was recently converted to burn waste oil as a fire prevention measure.

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  ApertureFNumber  f/8.0
  Make  NIKON CORPORATION
  Model  NIKON Z 9
  ExposureTime  1/640
  ISOSpeedRatings  200
  Flash  0
  FocalLength  240/10
  GPSLatitudeRef  N
  GPS.GPSLatitude  37° 2' 0.00"
  GPSLongitudeRef  W
  GPS.GPSLongitude  106° 24' 0.00"
  GPS.GPSAltitude  2939
  GPS.GPSTimeStamp  21:29:11
  GPSSatellites  11

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