Miracles happen here. Here's a rare look inside the Chama Shop building, where the steam locomotives that serve the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad are serviced and maintained. The railro... (more)

Climbing out of Los Pinos. Rio Grande Locomotive 488 belches out a sooty black plume as she digs her heels in for the steep climb out of the Los Pinos Valley. The freight seen here is pas... (more)

Apache Canyon Sunset. With just a minute or two of sunlight left, a Rio Grande Freight sails through Apache Canyon, on the westbound run to Cumbres Pass. On the 4th day of the FarRail/Lerr... (more)

Steam and Sagebrush: Sunrise at Hangman's Trestle. Rio Grande Locomotive 488 races westbound across Hangman's Trestle at track speed, hauling loads of steel pipe, destined for the gas field... (more)

Steamscape: Orgasm Curve. A pair of Chama-based K-36s take a cut of freight cars through the stretch of track that has come to be known as "Orgasm Curve". There are a number of tales in ci... (more)

Desert Glint. A Rio Grande Freight races westbound across the New Mexico desert, just after sunrise on a chilly fall morning. The landscape on the eastern third of the present-day Cumbres ... (more)

Arriving from Durango. A double-headed, Rio Grande freight passes the stock pens at the south end of the Chama Yard just after dawn, completing its 107 mile night run from Durango. In the ... (more)

Mudhen Kit.....some assembly required. The locomotive depicted in this photo is Denver & Rio Grande Western #463, a type K-27 Mikado built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903. This loc... (more)

Wheels, Rods, Lights and Mirrors: The California State Railroad Museum's dazzling display of V&T #13 "Empire" looks like something borrowed from a Detroit Auto Show.

10 Miles of Track Laid in One Day! The diorama on the dark side of the CP #1 "Governor Standford" exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum commemorates a friendly little bet waged be... (more)

Central Pacific #1 "Governor Stanford". The very first locomotive to serve the fledgling Central Pacific Railroad was this 40-ton wood-burner, built in 1862 by Richard Norris & Son in Phila... (more)

Espee Cab Forward! Thoroughly dominating the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum is one of the most impressive steam locomotives that I have ever seen displayed indoors. Weig... (more)

North Pacific Coast #12 "Sonoma". Narrow gauge enthusiasts who visit the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum may find themselves doing a double-take, when they encounter this ... (more)

California Log Hog. The new Virginia & Truckee Railway's afternoon dead-head from Mound House to Virginia City charges off the fill around the Overman pit, on a late summer afternoon. The ... (more)

Steamscape: Overman Pit. A V&T Passenger Train crosses the spectacular fill at Overman Pit en route to Virginia City, barely 30 minutes before alpine sunset. When a Nevada State Commission ... (more)