Colorado and Southern T-12 No. 168, built by Baldwin for the Denver and Rio Grande in 1883 awaits restoration in the Cumbres and Toltec shop in Antonito Co.

At 7:53 a.m. the 489 pulls away from the water plug at Cumbres to begin putting together three cuts of cars into a 30 car train for its trek down the east side of Cumbres. This was part of a two ... (more)

Could this be the RGS at the Lizardhead snow shed in 1949?The remains of the snowshed at Cumbres and the weed grown wye track provide a reasonably good imitation of the old RGS, given it is over 6... (more)

A long eastbound train rounds Tanglefoot curve east of Cumbres. Tanglefoot may or may not have been a term used by the railroaders, it does not appear in any timetables or special instructions, bu... (more)

The March 12-13 "snow plowing" special had glorious weather but not a whole lot of snow. The first good snow we encountered was just west of Big Horn where the tracks are sheltered by t... (more)

D&RGW Flanger OJ. This little critter was the focus of the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's 2016 winter charter. One of at least 10 such cars that were built by the Denve... (more)

Full crew. Carlos Llamas, engineer, Mr. Bear, assistant engineer, and Jake Vigil, fireman, on the March 12-13 Friends of the C&TS snow plowing special. I understand Carlos is writing a book about... (more)

End of Standard Gauge. This image was an effort to re-create the 1950 Bob Richardson photo that the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec used to advertise the 2016 Flanger Charter. That histori... (more)

Sweet Home Antonito. Lately, I've been on quite a number of charters, during which night photo sessions were planned. Unfortunately, on most of them, the night sessions ended up being canc... (more)

Desert Dawn. A D&RGW Flanger outfit heads west from Ferguson's Trestle at sunrise, on a mission to open the line to Chama via Cumbres Pass. On the back platform of his caboose, Extra 487's... (more)

Sunrise at Ferguson's Trestle. DRGW 487's Fireman is brightly illuminated by his red-hot fire as Flanger Extra 487 heads west over Ferguson's Trestle at sunrise, on a mission to clear the l... (more)

A work train heads west early in the morning to clear snow on the route to Cumbres. This was a two day charter by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad is sending a Work Train out of Antonito, CO pulling a flanger and associated support cars to clear the line of snow after a long winter. Train is crossing Fer... (more)

At sunrise a freight crosses Ferguson's trestle about five miles west of Antonito. The event was a series of photo charters by Bernd Seiler of FarRail Tours.

Hammering away! Pile Driver OB's small steam engine alternately raises and drops its very heavy iron hammer on a small pile in the Antonito Yard, adjacent to the balloon loop track. The pi... (more)