Cumbres & Toltec 484 leads her train onward to Osier, passing through the wide open valleys between the La Manga and Cumbres Mountain Passes

Cumbres & Toltec 484 passes by the site of a 1960 train wreck, where D&RGW 497 and 498 derailed, rolling downhill into a cluster of pines. To this day, the abandoned remains of a snow plow can be ... (more)

In her last season for some time, Cumbres and Toltec 484 steams through Lobato. 484 as been the railroad's workhorse for the past couple of years and with an upcoming rebuild, the tired engine fin... (more)

On the afternoon of June 5, 2018, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 484 is replenished with sand alongside the landmark coaling tower and sand house at Chama, New Mexico. Even though it is... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 489 leads an unscheduled extra passenger train uphill through Dalton.

Smoke from burning hot brake shoes fill the sky as Cumbres & Toltec 484 rolls downhill at Lake Lobato.

Crew members perform a brake test shortly after C&TS 484 is hooked up to the daily consist.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 approaches Lobato Trestle, passing through Weed City. The siding here was the sight of a faux railroad station and water tank used in the filming of a few iconic movies.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 stands atop the entire railroad at Cumbres Pass, looking over valley below.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 navigates out of the Chama Valley, as she climbs the railroad's ruling 4% grade at Dalton, NM. Once a logging spur, the dirt road crossing remains as an access road to the unc... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 484 takes on water at the Los PiƱos Tank. The original tank was rebuilt to smaller specifications in the late 80s.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 shuffles a passenger train around the wye and through the yard at Chama, just as the sun begins to dip below the surrounding mountain vistas

A view of the wooden trestle across the Los Pinos river during the first day of the Toltec Rattler Redux event. While the weather is slowly improving, clouds from the storm which brought the first... (more)

I Can See For Miles

Looking across the fingers of mesa top from Sublette New Mexico, we're looking towards Big Horn, a station on the former D&RGW San Juan Extension as Cumbres... (more)

Steam train Chama - Antonito arrives in a few minutes at the station Osier.