C&TSRR 488 takes on water in Antonito before departing for Chama.

There was smoke on the horizon when we showed up and I knew it was unusual. In sight of our motel, a working narrow gauge, wow! This was better than any excursion, just a real steamer doing its ... (more)

Much ignored, almost despised, probably handy if you work there, this former Oahu Railway & Land diesel is under the weather and getting attention, much to our delight. In fact K36 487 is shuffli... (more)

Stock train special approaches Sublette water plug for a refill of old number 315.

Done up as D&RGW and adorned with a fake oil headlight left over from a movie production, this extra is picking up a gon in the siding as cold mists cloak the peaks and the light fades in the magn... (more)

K36 487 and K27 463 double head up to Cumbres.

Baldwin 489 sits in the yard while 487 backs up and to couple up for a double head end up to Cumbres Pass at 10,015. The two engines coupled so smoothly there is no motion in the couplers as they ... (more)

Smoke and steam are things that typically add a lot of drama to steam engine photography. But it is a two edged sword. In this view I got a bit more smoke than I had bargained for. C'est la vie... (more)

An open firebox door illuminates the fireman as the DRGW 488 heads west from Antonito shortly before sunrise. A Farrails/Pete Lerro charter.

Something the Cumbres & Toltec is trying this year is a weekly train run on Sundays, called the Sunday Express. It starts at Chama, runs up the 4% to Cumbres, where the passengers get a picnic lun... (more)

Once C&TS train 215 arrived in town, a moonlight special departed Chama en route to Osier, where the riders would enjoy a steak dinner and wine tasting before returning to Chama, which would not h... (more)

After a long 63-mile ride from Antonito, C&TS train 215 arrives at the depot at Chama for the passengers to get off the train. Sitting on track 1 is the Thomas special, which had finished running ... (more)

C&TS 488 leads a Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec special train that ran from Chama to Cumbres for a meeting of the Friends. One of the members of the Friends passed away in February, so shortly af... (more)

K-36 489 and 488 as mid train helper are hauling a heavy freight special up to the cumbres pass.

The Chama Yard looks much as it has for decades. Only the diesel on loan from the Colorado Railroad Museum gives away when this photo was taken.