C&TS 497, still painted as DRGW 497, leads the eastbound train over Cumbres Pass on 19-Oct-2002

D&RGW 497 and another K-37 lead a westbound out of Antonito, CO, during the 1940s. Photographer unknown.

C&TS 497 leads K-27 #463 on Cumbres Pass - taken 3-Aug-2002

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic 497 at the top of Cumbres Pass in 2002 - the last season that the unit ran. From 3-Aug-2002

DRGW 497 in Durango, CO, during August 1955. Photographer unknown.

DRGW 497 sits near the Durango coaling tower during Oct 1963.

D&RGW 498 and 497 sit on the Cumbres Pass wye tail during June 1960. The two were derailed by ice near Los Pinos in January of that year, and suffered damage when they rolled down the embankment. Charles Franzen negative.

Durango & Silverton 497 operating during the summer of 1990