Eureka and Palisade 4-4-0 # 4 and 2-6-0 Glenbrook along with 2-8-0 425 head back to Chama after a problem caused an early return to Chama an a otherwise beautiful Day.

Bedded down under a blanket of stars. Five operational, narrow gauge steam locomotives, all of which were built before 1900, share the yard in Antonito, Colorado, at the start of the Cumbre... (more)

Steam, smoke and sagebrush. Feeling right at home amidst the desert dust and sagebrush, two pretty Nevada gals haul a vintage freight upgrade on a beautiful summer morning in the year 2021,... (more)

A rare and historic sight! Just a hundred yards or so west of the US 285 crossing and just inside the Antonito Yard Limit, Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka"and her running mate, Carso... (more)

Constellation

Merriam-Webster has one of the definitions of 'Constellation' to be: an assemblage, collection, or group of usually related persons, qualities, or things.... (more)

Silhouetted against the morning sun on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, dainty "Eureka" makes its way through the New Mexico desert sagebrush during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. Vis... (more)

Fighting Gravity: Two 1875 built wood burning steam locomotives, the Eureka and the Glenbrook, battle Gravity Hill on the Cumbres and Toltec. This Photographer's Freight was run as part of ... (more)

"Way Out West, there’s room for our dreaming…

Winding along the lava escarpments that make up the Colorado/New Mexico border, 1875 built Eureka and Glenbrook make thei... (more)

Burning Wood at Big Horn: For the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad's 50th Anniversary, several special trips were made as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. Visiting wood burning l... (more)

Eureka and Glenbrook pull up past the old Osier depot towards the new eating house.

"It's Only a Model"

Silhouetted against the New Mexico sky, Eureka and Palisade #4 rounds the high fill near Big Horn, New Mexico on its eastbound journey towards Ant... (more)

From Right to Left, Eureka and Palisade #4 (1875), Florence and Cripple Creek/Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20 (1899), D&RG/D&RGW 168, and Florence and Cripple Creek/D&RG 425 (aka, D&RGW 315)

Eureka!
From the Baldwin Graduate Class of 1875, Eureka and Palisade #4 and 2-6-0 “Glenbrook” gallop over the Cumbres and Toltec.

Eureka is seen here at Tanglefoot Curve during an all-day trip from Chama to Osier with vintage freight cars. This trip, dubbed the "1870's Freight Train," was sponsored by the Friends ... (more)

Eureka has been turned on the Cumbres wye and is heading back downgrade to Chama after a successful test run to the 10,010-foot summit.