C&TS #488 is the helper for C&TS #487 as our train passes the famous Jukes Tree having just crossed the Chama River on this early June morning. Apologies for the incorrect state and location - ye... (more)

Switching at "No Agua" Rio Grande Southern #20's coming out party was a great success. Here we see #20 backing down to couple to a short freight at "No Agua" tank duri... (more)

A charter makes its way down from Cumbres Pass in this early June view, shot just up the line from Coxo Crossing. A couple of things of note here - on point is newly rebuilt #488 and in the consi... (more)

Here is former IRCA Consolidation #40 in Silverplume getting ready to couple onto its train for the trip downgrade to the Devil's Gate station. This was to be #40's last season on the Loop for man... (more)

More from the Toltec Rattler Redux on the Cumbres & Toltec. What luck to have the event happen the day after a snowstorm which left the high country with a nice dusting. This allowed me to get a... (more)

C&TS #487 arrives at Chama, NM with the daily passenger train from Antonito, CO on a perfect October afternoon in 2004.

#40 Stepping out in the Steptoe Valley. The final day of the Nevada Northern winter photo weekend brought flawless blue skies and moderate temperatures. Our morning mixed train went out o... (more)

Former Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 #18 is running for the first time on San Luis & Rio Grande (former Denver & Rio Grande Western) trackage east of La Veta through the Cucharas River valley. ... (more)

NCCCo (Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.) #93 pulls a short string of ore cars past the RIP building in the East Ely yard. It's the winter of '08-'09 and the yearly Nevada Northern photo shoot is in... (more)

The Nevada Northern's yard in East Ely is essentially a stub off the main line as a result of a realignment done in the early years intended to bypass downtown Ely. As a consequence, trains leavi... (more)

From the 2020 Nevada Northern Winter shoot - Nevada Northern #40 posing by the restored "wig-wag" crossing signal, with the NN's newly restored 1956 Pontiac "hy-rail" car. We started shooting at ... (more)

Passengers are happily chowing down in the dining hall, but the crews still have work to do before our trains can continue on to their destinations in Chama and Antonito. Engine #484's fireman is... (more)

Nevada Northern's 100 ton steam powered Wrecking Crane A is working to re-rail an errant ore car. Purchased in 1907 from Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan, the crane has been restored to ope... (more)

Durango Railroad Historical Society's #315 is at the head of a Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec charter. Photo charters like this can't make it from Antonito to the first regular water stop at Sub... (more)

NN #40 has a big day ahead of it. It's morning, and crew are making last minute preparations before moving the beautiful 10-wheeler out of the enginehouse where railfan photographers await. 2020... (more)