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Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver & Rio Grande No. 463 No. 463 is a historical 3-foot narrow-gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive, originally constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903 for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG). It belongs to the D&RGW class K-27, one of the two surviving examples of its class. Known by the nickname "Mudhens," it is currently operational on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, running between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonito, Colorado.

Rotary Snow Plows are large pieces of railroad equipment with a rotating metal wheel that slices through large snow drifts and throws them to the side of the tracks, clearing the way for other trains to pass through. These days, very few of these plows exist, let alone operate. In the winter of 2020, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad operated one of its steam rotary plows over Cumbres Pass for the first time since 1997 to celebrate the railroad's 50th anniversary as well as 140 years of ste