Steamscape: Cascade Trestle. A Denver & Rio Grande Western freight charges across Cascade Trestle on a sunny September afternoon hauling cattle and freight westbound toward Cumbres Pass. T... (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)

Greetings from Color-ado! The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's annual Fall Photo Special drifts southbound across the concrete and steel trestle at Elk Park on a gorgeous fall mo... (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)

D&RGW 487 West drifts downgrade at Dalton, NM with 13 cars and a caboose bound for Chama Yard with a heavy cut of loaded livestock on the head end. The train crews primary concern now is controll... (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.

A cold October morning sees this C&TS special charging into the steepest part of the climb to Cumbres. The grade here reaches close to 4.1%

Steamscape: Lobato Trestle. The crew of DRGW 488 opens both firebox blow-down valves as they take their Chama-bound passenger train across the legendary Lobato Trestle on a warm August afte... (more)

Time to go to work. For most of the 11-mile journey from Durango to Hermosa, the Firemen on the Silverton Trains can take it easy. Running on nearly flat country, the big K-36s are loafing... (more)