C&TS 489 stomps up to the water plug at Cumbres Summit with the morning train from Chama, New Mexico.

C&TS smokes it up passing the famous Jukes Tree as it departs Chama, New Mexico.

After a night of heavy rain, C&TS 489 is being prepared for a run up Cumbres Pass.

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #484 thunders uphill over the trestle and past the watertank at Cresco, Colorado. The train has just entered Colorado, the first of 17 border crossing this train... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #484 storms upgrade and enters the Narrows above Chama, NM.

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #463 leads it's photo freight past Dalton and into the rising sun of another AUgust day on the narrow gauge.

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #463 is dressed up for it's past owner, the Denver & Rio Grande Western as it storms up the 4% grade through Dalton, NM. The #463, a K-27 2-8-2 and the smallest ... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #484 pulls the Sunset Dinner train into the famous S curve on Cumbres Pass. This train in the midst of the 12 miles of 4% grade leading up to the summit of Cumbr... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #484 thunders past Perry's Pond on the last part of it's ascent to Cumbres, CO. Only two more miles of 4% grade lie ahead of this engine, and soon the train will... (more)

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad #484 storms past Jukes Tree on the beginnings of the steep climb up Cumbres Pass. This August was the 90th Birthday for 484 and the other eight extant K-36 2-8-2... (more)

K-36 #489 and its train are curving their way out of the Chama Valley on the upgrade run on Cumbres Pass.

K-36 #489 is making a beautiful noise as it pulls its passenger train upgrade through Coxo and out of the Chama Valley. In a short while, the train will round Windy Point and pull in to Cumbres, t... (more)

The daily train out of Chama is climbing on the final ascent to the summit of Cumbres Pass, rounding Windy Point on a gorgeous day in Southwestern Colorado.

At Silverton, the engineer lubricates and inspects the valve gear before the train departs again for Durango.

A Durango & Silverton train with a K-36 pulling, rounds the curves along the cliffs edge, and above the Animas River near Rockwood, Colorado. Unfortunately, the Animas has an unsavory orange hue t... (more)