Cumbres & Toltec 484 navigates a curve nearby the historic stock pens in Chama, NM.

Cumbres & Toltec 489 idles beside the depot at Chama, NM.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 exits The Narrows, with whistle and deafening stack talk echoing through the valley. The grade stiffens to a steep 4% right around here.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 smokes up a storm at the second grade crossing.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 moves seven cars past the depot in Chama.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 snakes through the narrows, slipping upgrade at Milepost 341.

C&TS 489 battles grade while passning through the Dalton crossing.

C&TS 489 departs out of Chama with the 10am train.

489 battles the 4% grade while passing through The Narrows.

484 crosses over the Rio Chama while passing by the Jukes Tree.

“Candid” shots are always my favorite so we we delighted to catch 487 doing “real work” much a she would have in the 50s. Evidently the diesel was down and steam was making up a work trai... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande T-12 No. 168 gets serviced at Chama, New Mexico, on the evening of August 28, 2021. After service on Rio Grande for 55 years, the ten-wheeler spent 1938 to 2016 in Antlers Park... (more)

Simmering quietly in the morning light, Cumbres & Toltec 484 and Denver & Rio Grade Western 425 sit outside the shops at Chama. Wearing a new number as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup fes... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s daily passenger train has just arrived on the end of its run at Chama, New Mexico, on the afternoon of August 28, 2021. As passengers disembark, the engine cre... (more)

The Flagship Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 No. 483 was the first operational locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad when it was formed in 1970. Worn out, it was retired in 1... (more)