![A distant shot of a train traveling through the mountains](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/climbingcumbres.jpg)
Climbing Cumbres Pass
In a view from the caboose, three Rio Grande narrow-gauge 2-8-2s (two up front, one at mid-train) climb toward Cumbres, Colo.
Stan Kistler
In a view from the caboose, three Rio Grande narrow-gauge 2-8-2s (two up front, one at mid-train) climb toward Cumbres, Colo.
Stan Kistler
![A distant shot of a train traveling through the mountains](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/climbingcumbres-100x80.jpg)
![A close up shot of a train with big white smoke coming out of its chimney](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dualgaugefrt.jpg)
D&RGW narrow-gauge 2-8-2s
Rio Grande narrow-gauge 2-8-2s 495 and 487 hurry toward Antonito, Colo., with a dual-gauge freight from Alamosa.
Stan Kistler
Rio Grande narrow-gauge 2-8-2s 495 and 487 hurry toward Antonito, Colo., with a dual-gauge freight from Alamosa.
Stan Kistler
![A close up shot of a train with big white smoke coming out of its chimney](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dualgaugefrt-100x80.jpg)
![A train sitting at a station](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2133denver.jpg)
UP engines at Denver
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2133 and 4-6-6-4s 3968 and 3713 stand at the Denver engine terminal.
Stan Kistler
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2133 and 4-6-6-4s 3968 and 3713 stand at the Denver engine terminal.
Stan Kistler
![A train sitting at a station](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2133denver-100x80.jpg)
![A train passing beneath a coal chute](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2498coalchute.jpg)
UP 2498 at La Salle
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498 is serviced at the coal chute in La Salle, Colo.
Stan Kistler
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498 is serviced at the coal chute in La Salle, Colo.
Stan Kistler
![A train passing beneath a coal chute](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2498coalchute-100x80.jpg)
![A train passing by with big white smoke coming out of its chimney](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2498denverlocal.jpg)
UP 2498 departing La Salle
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498 departing La Salle, Colo., for Denver.
Stan Kistler
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498 departing La Salle, Colo., for Denver.
Stan Kistler
![A train passing by with big white smoke coming out of its chimney](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2498denverlocal-100x80.jpg)
![A train passing by a building](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2295stvrains.jpg)
UP 2-8-2 at St. Vrains
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2295 stands on the Dent Branch at St. Vrains, Colo.
Stan Kistler
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2295 stands on the Dent Branch at St. Vrains, Colo.
Stan Kistler
![A train passing by a building](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up2295stvrains-100x80.jpg)
![Two train coming head to head at a rail yard](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up202b20c26amp3bsgreeley.jpg)
UP and C&S at Greeley
Union Pacific and Colorado & Southern 2-8-0s move around Greeley, Colo.
Stan Kistler
![Two train coming head to head at a rail yard](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/up202b20c26amp3bsgreeley-100x80.jpg)
![A train passing by with two guys looking out the window of the train](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gw90rear.jpg)
Great Western’s “Notable 90”
Great Western Railway 2-10-0 90 with a mixed freight. She’s been on Pennsylvania tourist pike Strasburg Rail Road since the late 1960s.
Stan Kistler
Great Western Railway 2-10-0 90 with a mixed freight. She’s been on Pennsylvania tourist pike Strasburg Rail Road since the late 1960s.
Stan Kistler
![A train passing by with two guys looking out the window of the train](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gw90rear-100x80.jpg)
![A closeup shot of a train passing by](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gw51202b2075.jpg)
Great Western 2-8-0s
Great Western Railway 2-8-0s 51 and 75 at Loveland, Colo.
Stan Kistler
Great Western Railway 2-8-0s 51 and 75 at Loveland, Colo.
Stan Kistler
![A closeup shot of a train passing by](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gw51202b2075-100x80.jpg)