The start of another work day. The passenger train conductor heads over to #484 to confer with the engineer.

Comin' 'round the bend.

The Trains Magazine 50th anniversary freight train takes the passing siding at Sublette to make way for the tourist passenger train.

The Trains Magazine 50th anniversary freight train blast past the Los Pinos water tower on its way back to Chama.

Back in time this train would have been full of cattle or sheep. But today this stock train is working hard to Cumbres around Cresco tank on the Cumbres and Toltec.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train no. 216 approaches Labato, New Mexico, on the steep 4-percent grade of Cumbres Pass on the morning of June 6, 2018. Trailing the train is C&TS Parlor car No.... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train no. 216 is exiting the narrows and approaching Labato, New Mexico, pulled up the steep 4-percent grade of Cumbres Pass by K-36 Mikado No. 487 on the morning ... (more)

Westbound is headed back to Chama, NM.

The morning sun illuminates the magnificent power of 489 and 487, working hard up the hill with a full train of passengers, as they come up upon the water tower at Cresco. Both locomotives have al... (more)

Veteran Cumbres and Toltec Railroader Ray Martinez calls helper locomotive 489 back to a joint with road locomotive 487 in preparation for the daily train's journey up Cumbres

No need to grab a thirst buster today, as the Cumbres and Toltec's daily train is led by a double headed whammy of K-36 power past the water tank at Cresco.

Featured in the May 2020 issue of “Trains Magazine” in Justin Franz’s article “A Grande Future” Making the final strides into Cumbres, K-36 488 leaves Tanglefoot Curve under threatening... (more)

A child welcomes the westbound crew and passengers to New Mexico after a long run from Antonito. The train suffered an hour delay after monsoonal showers caused a mudslide along the right of way j... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train No. 216 crosses the Rio Chama Bridge departing Chama, New Mexico, on June 6, 2018.

After powering Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway’s passenger train No. 215 from Antonito, C&TS No. 484 pulls past the historic coaling tower after getting some sand added to the sand dome while ... (more)