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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Steam Engine and Aspen Gold

I went to explore some new road in southern CO and northern NM during the height of the aspen tree fall colors. Having photographed the Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge railroad from select vantage point on the highway in the past, I timed Cumbres Pass to get another try. This photo is of the train, now in the NM part of its route, on the long downgrade slide into the Chama depot.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: New Mexico, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7000
Copyright: © Andy Anderson