Desert dawn on the D&RG. With a layer of mid-level clouds lighting up in spectacular fashion by the approaching sunrise, a Denver & Rio Grande passenger extra charges west over Ferguson's T... (more)
One to Go. A single superheater unit awaits reinstallation inside Cumbres & Toltec No. 488 prior the petticoat being able to be reinstalled and the front of the locomotive closed up.
A Long Drink. The fireman on today's Train 216, Dylan Launer, has climbed atop the tender of Cumbres & Toltec 487 and swung the water column stationed at Cumbres over to give the 1925-built... (more)
Shuffling about the Antonito yard on a warm, summer's afternoon, CTS 19 is seen rolling back into the yard with a pair of boxcars that will be used at part of the Eureka and Glennbrook's upcoming ... (more)
Charging upgrade through the crossing at Coxo, Cumbres & Toltec 487 is just moments away from throwing some smoke on the stack as the fireman prepares for the hardest climb of the day - the grueli... (more)
Cumbres & Toltec 487, now 96-years-old, has earned her keep another day as the original DRGW locomotive is moments away from cresting the summit of Cumbres Pass. The 1925 product of Baldwin will t... (more)
Bound for Big Horn. Eureka & Palisade Locomotive #4 "Eureka" and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" haul a late 1800s period mixed train westbound on Col... (more)
Making their charge for the hill. Under a beautiful, blue, New Mexico sky, Eureka & Palisade #4 and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 take their short passenger consist past the iconic... (more)
Steamscape: Rio de Los Pinos Trestle. Eureka & Palisade #4 and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company #1 cross the Rio de Los Pinos on the 175' wooden pile trestle at MP 324.52, as they ha... (more)
Steamscape: The view from Big Horn Peak. Looking down from the northern slope of Big Horn Peak, on the Colorado/New Mexico Border, we watch as Eureka & Palisade #4 and Carson & Tahoe Lumber... (more)
Cumbres & Toltec 489 is being bedded down for the night after taking on oil and water at Antonito, Colorado.
Steamscape: Victorian wood-burners in the Los Pinos Valley. A pair of narrow gauge, 1875 Baldwin wood-burners team up to pull a vintage freight past the Los Pinos Tank (MP 325.50), toward C... (more)
The 8am train from Antonito,CO nears its destination of Chama,NM behind K-36 #489 just after a brief snow/sleet storm
C&TS K-36 #484 eases down the mountain with a freight train in tow amongst some brilliant autumn colors.
Former D&RGW K-37 494 has never turned a wheel under steam for owner Cumbres & Toltec. It has been a display item at Antonito since 1970.
