Live to Fight Another Day

The battle for the mountain was fought hard on this day, stopped by ice, tomorrow may bring victory. OY is slowly returning home after a day of ... (more)

Plowing snow between Dalton, New Mexico, and Cresco, Colorado is Cumbres & Toltec Rotary OY and outfit train on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Pushing the steam-powered plow is K-36 Nos. 487 ... (more)

Who's Model Railroad is this Anyways?

Cumbres and Toltec 487, a Mikado built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western, coasts by Cresco Colorado's water tank on its decent of from... (more)

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars passes Cresco Tank Cresco, CO 10/4/16 as part of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

C&T K36 #489 leads the morning departure from Chama past the Cresco, CO water tank 10/4/16. This is from the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec. The photo freight... (more)

489 passes the Cresco water tower as it makes its way up the 4% grade up Cumbres Pass.

The morning sun illuminates the magnificent power of 489 and 487, working hard up the hill with a full train of passengers, as they come up upon the water tower at Cresco. Both locomotives have al... (more)

No need to grab a thirst buster today, as the Cumbres and Toltec's daily train is led by a double headed whammy of K-36 power past the water tank at Cresco.

Easing down the steep grade from Cumbres Pass, the Engineer & Fireman School train passes Cresco Tank.

K36, 487 is pouring it on as it rolls past the Cresco tank.

#489 rolls downhill from Cumbres Pass on its way to Chama. This was my first trip to the C&T and it was amazing. By far the best historical railroad I've been to yet. It was icing on the cake to b... (more)

Charging up the four percent grade through Cresco, Colorado, is a Rio Grande freight led by 2-8-2 Mikado No. 489. This Rio Grande-lettered freight train is being operated by the Cumbres & Toltec S... (more)

Work Extra 315 approaches Cresco Tank. On this misty, late summer morning, Engineer Jeremy Garcia is using all of his years of experience and skill to keep little 315 on her feet as she cla... (more)

There's a hint of smoke coming from hot brake shoes as No. 484 drops downgrade past the water tower at Cresco.

No. 484 sounds ten times her size as she moves tonnage upgrade at Cresco, Colorado.