Overcoming gravity on one, if not the steepest railroad in the country, Rio Grande Southern 455 and Cumbres and Toltec 487 climb out of The Chama River Valley (which extends into the backdrop) to... (more)

An eastbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad passenger train is about to depart Chama, New Mexico, powered with double-headed 2-8-2 K-36 Mikados Nos. 488 and 487. At this point in history on the ... (more)

Lined for the Main. Rio Grande Southern 455 takes to the main on a crisp fall morning in Chama New Mexico.

Showing signs of her true identity, "Rio Grande Southern No.455" takes water from the Rico, er, Chama Water Tank on a crisp September Morning.

Cumbres and Toltec 489 by the water tower in Chama New Mexico

On a cool beautiful mountain morning 488 leads the first train up Cumbres Pass

Through the Looking Glass... Or at least a reversed digital image as though you put the slide in the projector backwards.

K-36 #487 drifts past the coaling tower at Chama with freight train in tow.

K-36 Mikado 489 leads the daily train up the 4% grade to Cumbres Pass, three miles outside of Chama, NM.

Filling up #463 with coal for the grueling climb to Cumbres Pass. That day #463 would double head with #484 to the summit. From there, #484 would be cut off of the front of the train and #463 woul... (more)

Chama is a time capsule - particularly in the morning when the smell of hot cylinder oil and coal smoke is in the air and the engines are being prepared for another day of work. It's a credit to t... (more)

The classic outside frame 2-8-2s charging up the 4% grade may be more glamorous, but there is a lot of behind the scenes work to make that happen. A speeder crew follows each steam train with the ... (more)

After making the 64 mile trip from Antonito, 489 turns her train on the wye at the end of the day, passing the old stock pens which the Friends of the C&TS are hoping to restore as they have so ma... (more)

Another stormy Rocky Mountain evening falls on this old K-37. It is one of several out of service K-37s throughout the state. #491 at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden is the only currently operati... (more)

After a hard day's work, a pair of C&TS's 4 operational K-36s rest outside the Chama shop.