Freight train on Tanglefoot Curve

Freight train on Tanglefoot Curve

By Angela Cotey | March 19, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Narrow-gauge freight train on horseshoe curve

A 70-car Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow-gauge freight train drops down famous Tanglefoot Curve, just east of Cumbres, Colo., in June 1960. Since 1960, Cumbres & Toltec tourist trains have plied this landmark.

Robert F. Collins

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