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Owner: Denver & Rio Grande Western
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:58588Order No:
Frame Number:20X24 cylinders, 44" driversBuilt:8/1925
Notes:to C&TS 1970
Other locos with this serial:  CTS 487(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
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DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:27:42 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:28:15 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:21:11 AM
Location:  Coxo, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:29:31 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:30:16 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:31:41 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:32:40 AM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:33:24 AM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:34:20 AM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:34:48 AM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:35:33 AM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:36:58 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:37:40 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:38:29 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:39:29 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:40:12 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 5
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:40:53 AM
Location:  Dalton, NM
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:41:35 AM
Location:  Coxo, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:42:25 AM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:44:10 AM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:44:55 AM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:45:40 AM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 12:43:31 AM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
CTS 487
Title:  CTS 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2008  Upload Date: 7/6/2008 9:13:03 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  Patrick Kolwyck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
CTS 487
Title:  CTS 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2008  Upload Date: 7/6/2008 9:16:03 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  Patrick Kolwyck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
CTS 487
Title:  CTS 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2008  Upload Date: 7/6/2008 9:18:00 PM
Location:  Cresco, CO
Author:  Patrick Kolwyck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/19/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 9:56:18 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Tom Stolte
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  1112   Comments: 0
DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Title:  DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 9:04:03 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  R. W. Bragg
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Title:  DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Description:  487's builder's plate
Photo Date:  6/17/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 9:04:02 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  R. W. Bragg
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Title:  DRGW 487 (2-8-2)
Description:  CTSR 487 sits at Osier waiting for passengers to finish lunch in order to continue on to Chama from Antonito
Photo Date:  6/17/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 7:35:41 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  R. W. Bragg
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Los Pinos
Title:  Los Pinos
Description:  Coming up on the Los Pinos water tank.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:08:59 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Tanglefoot Curve
Title:  Tanglefoot Curve
Description:  We're hammering Tanglefoot Curve on the return trip.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:09:27 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Switching the Chama yard
Title:  Switching the Chama yard
Description:  Switching at Chama after the train. These pictures amaze me. Looking at them, it is hard to tell when they were taken. The level of preservation at Cumbres & Toltec is unbelievable.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:09:53 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
Switch them cabooses
Title:  Switch them cabooses
Description:  I love these shots. Yep, they are not in the mountains, but instead a railroad going about its business. I am so glad the CATS repainted their equipment back into DRGW, it really rolls back the clock.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:10:24 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description:  At lunch, 487 is switching the train for the run to Chama. Love the grime and marker lights, real old-school, way it should be.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:37:11 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
Getting ready for the run
Title:  Getting ready for the run
Description:  I ask you-if I published this in B&W, could you really tell me what year it was taken? This is what preservation is all about.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:10:47 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Rio Grande Steam Taking Water
Title:  Rio Grande Steam Taking Water
Description:  Early on a Tuesday morning the Rio Grande 487 (CTS 487) takes on water in preperation to take a train up Cumbres Pass.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:07 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  693   Comments: 2
Cumbres and Toltes Scenic Railroad
Title:  Cumbres and Toltes Scenic Railroad
Description:  Rio Grande 487 is about ready to take the train full of tourists up Cumbres Pass.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:08 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
About to Cross the River
Title:  About to Cross the River
Description:  Steam is cool.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:09 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
Juke's Tree
Title:  Juke's Tree
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:11 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
Climbing the Pass
Title:  Climbing the Pass
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:12 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
Making the Grade
Title:  Making the Grade
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:15 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Taking Water
Title:  Taking Water
Description:  The crew stops the train at Cumbres to take water before heading down the other side of the pass.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:17 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Blow Down
Title:  Blow Down
Description:  The train decends the pass and does a blow down on the firemans side.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:18 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Cruisin' Down the Hill
Title:  Cruisin' Down the Hill
Description:  Steam is still cool.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:19 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 2
Last Shot
Title:  Last Shot
Description:  This was thelast shot of the day as the train continued toward Antonito, CO.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:36:20 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
All steamed up
Title:  All steamed up
Description:  Talkin' over the "plan" before headin' for Cumbres.
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 12/29/2009 10:05:43 AM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Karl Rethwisch
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 489(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  601   Comments: 4
They THINK they can
Title:  They THINK they can
Description:  After being "reunited" north of Lobato trestle the three little Mikes produce some serious sounds as they hit the grade to Cumbres.
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2010 6:50:37 PM
Location:  Lobato, NM
Author:  Karl Rethwisch
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 489(2-8-2) DRGW 488(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  507   Comments: 4
Passin' up a drink
Title:  Passin' up a drink
Description:  Los Pinos tank.
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 12/29/2009 11:04:52 AM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  Karl Rethwisch
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2) DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 3
Chama Nightlife
Title:  Chama Nightlife
Description:  A night shoot for the Christmas Train. Notice the whistle is being blown.
Photo Date:  12/4/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 11:18:44 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  512   Comments: 0


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