The upper level of my two-level layout is all narrow gauge, depicting a portion of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Fourth Division line in southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
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Tanglefoot Curve
A westbound freight, led by K-27 #459 with an assist by rear helper 461, emerges from the short helix and snowshed and rounds Tanglefoot Curve, just below Cumbres Pass.
Entering Chama
A westbound freight, led by #453, A Blackstone K-27 Mudhen, passes the oil dock and water tank at the helper terminal at Chama.
Lobato Trestle
You are trackside at Lobato trestle, as an eastbound train, with loads of crude oil from Chama and empty pipe gons from Farmington, powers up the hill to Cumbres Pass with Mudhens 453 on the head end and 459 on the rear.
Cumbres Pass
The eastbound oil and pipe train reaches the summit of Cumbres Pass. Here the helper 459 will cut off and head back light to Chama, while 453 will take the train on to Alamosa.