Two SD70s are preparing to hit the diamonds in Marion.
Charging over the first of several bridges on the line.
working hard through the Narrows on the way to the summit
A CSX local complete with caboose works its way through Fostoria, on and off the main to stay clear of the through freights.
One can try to look away from an on-coming steamer, but with a plume like that, they just have to look back. C&TS 484 leads its train out of the Narrows and towards Lobato.
Part of morning rituals at Chama is loading the tender with coal, which is done with a backhoe unfortunately.
A pair of old school locomotives push hard on the back of a long intermodal train on a cold day at the railfan overlook in Cassandra.
Staring down the track at an oncoming train in Fostoria passing signals along the way.
Rounding the bend in the Los Pinos valley.
The Moonlight Train crosses Lobato Trestle as seen from the back car.
An historic icon still stands in the yard at Chama New Mexico.
After being turned on the wye at Cumbres 488 hooks back up to its train, the Moonlight Special, and will contine to Oiser backwards.
At the top is the Los Pinos water tank and the speeder behind the train. The train is on the lower track, and some four wheelers round out the picture.
The first train of the day became two, that met 90 feet from the diamonds, it doesn't get much better.
Whistling for the crossing, the daily train passes the Dalton sign, as well as a flanger sign on the right.