Rio Grande 483 (488 re-lettered) is awaiting departure at Chama, as three crewmen discuss the switching to be done to place helper 484 in the train for the trip up Cumbres Pass.

Rio Grande 483 waits for a highball on a moonlit night at Chama, New Mexico, in the summer of 1968. (In reality, this is sister 488, which has been lettered for a special TRAINS Magazine photo ch... (more)

Rio Grande 483 performs some switching in Chama the night before leading the 'final freight' up Cumbres Pass.

After a summer storm rolled through Chama, we were rewarded with a rainbow over the Cumbres and Toltec shops.

Cumbres and Toltec doubleheader commemorative of 1968 last D&RGW narrow gauge freight out of Chama enters the Chama yard at the end of its 2 day show.

Rio Grande 484 and 483 at rest at the Chama yard water tank.

The start of another work day. The passenger train conductor heads over to #484 to confer with the engineer.

Comin' 'round the bend.

The Trains Magazine 50th anniversary freight train takes the passing siding at Sublette to make way for the tourist passenger train.

The Trains Magazine 50th anniversary freight train blast past the Los Pinos water tower on its way back to Chama.

Under the Stars. Single frame taken around midnight under a near full moon with a Tamron 15-30mm. Originally shot for a timelapse viewable online

Rio Grande C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 heads for the ashpit at Cumbres & Toltec’s yard at Chama, New Mexico, on June 5, 2018. C&TS K-36 2-8-2 No. 484 waits its turn in the background.

DRGW489 steams up the grade towards Cumbres Pass. The 4% climb up the Rockies north of Cham, NM is perhaps the best steam show in North America!

Rio Grande C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 switches at Chama, New Mexico, on the afternoon of June 5, 2018. Baldwin built the locomotive for Colorado’s Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad before going to the R... (more)

The boiler is drained of water after removal of the washout plug on Rio Grande C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 at Chama, New Mexico, on the morning of June 6, 2018, after the Consolidation brought a freight tr... (more)