The 315 crosses the trestle at Los Pinos. This was a photographers special with the train carrying the photographers running ahead of it. They sure missed a lot of photo opportunities.

Here is a window to Chama. 489 does the switching chores while a storm passes over. A drop bottom gon is parked where the coal would be dropped so coal buckets would carry the coal to the top of t... (more)

489 has just pulled up to the water tank at Chama. It will take on water and then the spout will be used to clean out the coal bunker.

The 315 descends from Cumbres through Tanglefoot curves.

The 315 climbs through the Los Pinos Valley with a ten car train. It will soon reach Cumbres and do its switching duties there.

The 315 is leaving to Chama after doing some switching and filling the tender with water.

The 315 pulls into Chama after a long run from Antonito as the photography special. In this photo it's hard to tell if the year is 1940 or 2009.

The 489 takes on water at Chama.

The 315 arrives at Cumbres to switch out some cars of which one was a bad order. They were left there to be picked up again on the next days photo run special. This way the 315 wouldn't have to wo... (more)

The 315 shows itself off in front of the coaling tower and sand house in Chama on this special night photo session.

The 315 hauls 10 gondolas and a caboose up to Cumbres Pass from Antonito. This is a special photo run by with a photographers chase train running ahead of it. For a small engine it sure made a lou... (more)

A passenger train struggles to get to the top of Cumbres Pass. The loco slips its drivers at times, but finally makes it. The rest of the trip after that is downhill to Antonito. It is a very inte... (more)

A regular passenger train on the steep grade to Cumbres.

Oh, why must the gem of the Cumbres & Toltec fleet sit unused on a storage track on the east side of the Chama Yard? Excuse the play on words...uh...letters, folks. You are looking at Denve... (more)

Lotsa curves, you bet! About 40 minutes into its journey, the Cumbres & Toltec's daily train from Chama to Antonito encounters the S-Curve near the Colorado State Line. Here, the train be... (more)