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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
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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Shouldn’t that be 1970 for the start date of tourist trains?
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