The C&TS 489 busts through a drift on a Steam Specials snow plowing charter on the C&TS.

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

Daybreak: Antonito Colorado, 1939. From the Chama Steam Excursion.

The shadows are getting long and the daytime cumulus clouds are rapidly melting away, as Stock Extra 315 sidles up to the water tank in Antonito, CO for a top off, before bedding down for t... (more)

The snow flies and Engineer Max Casias watches intently as he makes another plunge into the deep snow drift, much as the DRGW might have cleared the line 60 years ago. It took five or six such pl... (more)

Rotary OY approaches Coxo crossing below Windy Point. The snow is not very deep here, but deeper drifts lay ahead on Cumbres pass.

489 is steamed up and fit with a plow to lead tomorrows flanger special for photographers on the east end of the CT&S.

Westbound around Los Pinos loop. In the old days this used to be a really dramatic location with a sweeping curve in a beautiful mountain meadow, but these days unless you want a number of rather... (more)

C&TSRR 488 takes on water in Antonito before departing for Chama.

Rio Grande 3100 departs the stylish but derelict Antonito train depot with 30 loads of perlite for Alamosa yard. Only a block away from this location is the steam powered, narrow gauge Cumbres & T... (more)

Bed-time for the Mudhen. After a day-long freight drag from Chama via Cumbres Pass, a trusty K-27 Mudhen is now in the hands of the shop crew at Antonito, Colorado. As the Engineer and Fir... (more)

Smoke and steam are things that typically add a lot of drama to steam engine photography. But it is a two edged sword. In this view I got a bit more smoke than I had bargained for. C'est la vie... (more)

An open firebox door illuminates the fireman as the DRGW 488 heads west from Antonito shortly before sunrise. A Farrails/Pete Lerro charter.