DRG&W #487 winds it's way down the grade bound for the station in Chama, NM.

Rio Grande #487 and consist travel West through the Los Pinos valley en route towards Chama. A Lerro Productions charter.

Well I'll be dog gone, if it ain't DRG&W #485 returned from the scrap yard! Flagman and best friend sit and admire DRG&W #489 posed as #485, last seen in 1955 when scrapped after falling into a t... (more)

DRGW #487 arrives at the water tank for a drink. Water flows from the tender as the crew wets the dusty coal. A light from a speeder shines behind as it will along the entire trek to Cumbres an... (more)

DRGW #487 pulls up to the ash pit early one morning ready to dump her ash - a scene that has been repeated for nearly 100 years. Afterward, the crew will bring the engine past the coal tipple and... (more)

Yet another day dawns on Cumbres & Toltec Railroad using engines built in the early 1920's, continuing a practice that started in the early 1880's by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

Behind the scenes: Charter extraordinaire, Pete Lerro at it again. While patrons slept nice and comfortably, DRGW #489 was secretly transformed into famed DRGW #485, the engine that fell ... (more)

Getting a run at it D&RGW 487 West blasts up the hill on the west side of the Los Pinos valley with a 14 car freight train bound for Chama, NM. The C&TS hosted a Pete Lerro Productions photo frei... (more)

D&RGW 487 West negotiates a tight almost horseshoe curve at Long Creek, CO with a 14 car freight train bound for Chama, NM. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad hosted a Pete Lerro Productions photo... (more)

D&RGW K-36's 487 and 485 relax and let off a little steam next to the Chama water tank on a cool late summer evening. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad hosted a Pete Lerro Productions night photo ... (more)

Having just made a brief station stop at Rockwood depot to unload a few passengers, Durango & Silverton 480 South is back on the move heading south and rounds a curve disappearing into the Colorad... (more)

After shooting the Los Pinos water tank with the Milky Way in 2010, I then wanted to shoot a steam locomotive in the same fashion. It would be nearly a year and a half later when I would get my ch... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway train No. 1 is leaving the San Luis Valley behind and is 23" into its journey from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM. Engine class K-36 #489 is pulling seven cars today and... (more)

C&TS Engineer/Fireman school train rounds Orgasm Curve between Cresco and Coxo

489 works downgrade after summitting Cumbres Pass on its journey from Chama to Antonito.