Some great photos of the Cumbres & Toltec! One photo shows four the locomotive crew in the yard enjoying a joke. The enginemen are (L-R): Jeremy Garcia, Carlos Llamas, Me, and Jeff Stebbins.
Stebbins usually had a good one liner about something every day. I was Jeremy's fireman that day and it looks like Jeremy decided to fire to the top of the hill and let me run (he often did this). At Cumbres we'd cut off and then run light downhill back to Cumbres. After we'd tie up I often buy Jeremy an adult beverage or two to thank him for the throttle time. If I find my notebook of schedules I could probably pin down the day. Good people and good times!
Hard to believe it was 17 years ago....