Just west of Vaughn, NS 4216 west pass the control point at E. Tejon.

KCS 4848 brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest just east of Lordsburg, NM.

The photographer, standing atop the old Route 66 overpass, is about to experience the warm exhaust from four units hitting their stride between Gallup and the Arizona line. This was still current ... (more)

Goodnight Moon

The moon rises over the east siding switch of Chapelle in one of the last fleeing days of these iconic signals. The 'Southern Infestation' of signals from Las V... (more)

A pair of former CEFX 90's are working for AZER at the interchange in Lordsburg. This crew will run to Bowie & back on UP's Sunset Route then a nocturnal crew will take the train up to Clifton & ... (more)

They Will Be There Until They Are Not. On April 14, 2022, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044), former Northern Pacific Railway Budd... (more)

The former class SSW B40-8 #8040 is now the AZER's class unit #4000, leading the interchange from Clifton to Globe across the UP Sunset Route.

The Sentinels of the Prairies

A sunrise look at the famed 'last semaphore' at MP 706. Now gone, these two signals were the easternmost blades on the Raton Subdivision for year... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 484 navigates a curve nearby the historic stock pens in Chama, NM.

After a pause in the siding to allow the scheduled C&TRR morning Eastbound from Antonito to pass, D&RG T-12 #168 is again on the move at Sublette, NM 9-25-21. This was a photo charter to benefit ... (more)

Denver and Rio Grande T-12 #168, built by Baldwin in 1883, approaches the cut at MP 303.5 on a Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec photo charter, 9/25/21.

Cumbres & Toltec 489 idles beside the depot at Chama, NM.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 exits The Narrows, with whistle and deafening stack talk echoing through the valley. The grade stiffens to a steep 4% right around here.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 smokes up a storm at the second grade crossing.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 moves seven cars past the depot in Chama.