Nearly Home over the Rio Chama

Rotary OY and team spent the day fighting snow on the mountain and returning home over the bridge at Dolce, NM. The warm light of this sunset hid... (more)

OY at the Coaling Tower

At the coaling tower, the OY is in all her glory in shades of grays.

In some sweet evening light, numerous New Mexico Rail Runner Express trainsets wait for the next call to service. At this time in April, service was shut down through the end of May due to COVID-1... (more)

Fall Splendor at the Water Tank

D&RGW 489 is taking water on a brilliant Fall sunrise in Chama, NM.

Snow Fighting to Colorado

Near the Colorado state line the Rotary OY is in full battle with snow with 2-8-2 #487 and #484 pushing.

Threading The Defile

Amtrak Train #3, The Southwest Chief, exits Apache Canyon, just (railroad) east of Lamy New Mexico. The train is leaving the narrow defile in the southern... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY breaks through the snowbank at the County Road 445 grade crossing at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. The rotary was operated by the C&TS for ra... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s steam-powered Rotary OY and outfit train throws snow off the right-of-way at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. This special train was operated by the C... (more)

Springer Sag

Having just met the eastbound Amtrak #4, BNSF 4093 departs the Springer siding and begins the slog up from the Cimaron River Bridge (hidden by the train) towards L... (more)

Rock and or Roll

Rolling along the undulating territory of New Mexico’s Shoemaker Canyon, 4093 heads west towards Glorieta Pass on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe’s “Pas... (more)

OY in the Narrows

Rotary Steam Snow Plow D&RGW OY is battling heavy snow through the Narrows north of Chama, NM March 1, 2020. The Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec did an incred... (more)

D&RGW OY on Lobato Trestle

Rotary steam powered snow plow OY rolls home after a day fighting snow over Cumbres Pass. Here passing over Lobato Trestle. Doing the honors with ... (more)

BNSF 6054 leads a northbound ore train through Grenville, New Mexico.

Amtrak's Westbound Southwest Chief comes into Raton, New Mexico about 15 minutes late on schedule.

BNSF 7966 leads an empty work train through the semaphores at WSS Levy after dumping ballast between Watrous and Onava the previous day.