September snows. The daily eastbound out of Chama powers up the last few hundred yards toward the Highway 17 Crossing at Coxo, Colorado, as the billowing cumulus threaten to become an overc... (more)

488 to the Rescue - Adventures in Mountain Railroading. Locomotive 488 rumbles across the Lobato Trestle with westbound Train 3, just after 6PM on September 23rd, 2009. The train is over ... (more)

Ah, New Mexico in late September. Cool, crisp air, golden Aspens on the hillsides....what a great time for a first visit to the Narrow Gauge. Wait a minute....what the heck is THIS?? Yes... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's 'Great Freight '79' performs a runby for photographers at the Highway 17 crossing east of Lobato, New Mexico. This photo freight was sponsored by Bill Peter of P... (more)

487 rounds the corner at Dalton.

A Farrails/Lerro charter freight leaves Chama heading for Cumbres. I took a picture of a DRGW Cumbres turn from this same location 50 years ago that can be viewed Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Chama, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: CTS 488
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 23, 2012

A scenic passenger train runs through the Narrows on its way to Cumbres Pass and eventually to Antonito. With the tall grass the locomotive gave quite a few slips. A speeder follows closely behind... (more)

Miracles happen here. Here's a rare look inside the Chama Shop building, where the steam locomotives that serve the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad are serviced and maintained. The railro... (more)

C&T K-36 #488 storms upgrade at Cresco tank for a photo runby.

The east end of the DRGW Cumbres Pass line, now the Cumbres and Toltec, is at its scenic best in the early morning and late afternoon. Not long after sunrise the road engine and helper are both v... (more)

The day's runby's over, indeed the charter over, C&T K-36 #488 passes a pond, just past the grade crossing below Windy Point.

Retired in 1962, ex-D&RGW K-37 #494 sits on static display in Antonito with no plans to be restored to service. Behind the 494 is the C&TS's GE 44-tonner #19.

Dawn at Lava Tank.

Lerro Productions photo charter, C&T K-36 at sunrise on Hangman's Trestle.