In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we catch Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotive 168 as it pulls through a grove of Aspens, on October 20th, 2023on its way to Osier, Colorado on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.

According to their website: the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a National Historic Landmark. At 64-miles in length, it is the longest, the highest and most authentic steam railroad in North America, traveling through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountain West.

According to Wikipedia: Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 168 is a class “T-12” 4-6-0 “Ten-Wheeler” type narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the largest drivers used on any three-foot gauge D&RGW locomotive. The large drivers made it suitable for relatively fast passenger service.

Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 20mm, f/5.6, 1/900, ISO 400.