"Old Maude". Finally spotted in a location where I could get a decently lit shot of her, DRGW Rotary Snow Plow OM occupies one of the storage tracks at the north end of the Chama ... (more)

The sky is obscured as the train leaves Chama

It's a mostly cloudy July morning as Cumbres & Toltec K-36 No. 489 leads the fireman/engineer school train up the grade towards Cumbres Pass at Dalton, New Mexico on July 21, 2015.

In July 1969 the Rio Grande was granted permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon their narrow gauge lines in Colorado and New Mexico, with the exception of the Silverton branc... (more)

Peacefully simmering under a full moon lit sky, Rio Grande K-36 #489 sits at the head of a eastbound manifest at the Chama coaling tower, awaiting a highball to tackle the 10,000' Cumbres Pass on ... (more)

Sitting in Chama, New Mexico, a Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train, led by 2-8-2 489, waits to depart. This former Rio Grande K-36 Mikado (the last of ten built by Baldwin in 1925) looks mass... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36's #485 and #487 get in position next to the coal tower for servicing prior to their next assignment that will likely include surmounting the grades of the San Juan... (more)

Entering "The Narrows". D&RGW K-27 #463 hauls a special move of MOW equipment eastbound into the Wolf Creek Valley just north of Chama, NM. Known as "The Narrows", the mile and a half sec... (more)

Passing Jukes' Tree. D&RGW #463 hauls a special move of MOW equipment eastbound past the lone pine known as "Jukes' Tree." The move seen here was made to reposition equipment for a Mainte... (more)

A Steam Specials charter on the Cumbres & Toltec does a pretty good job of recreating a long westbound DRGW freight snaking its way up the winding route up the canyon of the Rio de Los Pinos to Cu... (more)

The Cumbres Turn. Two Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 Locomotives haul a large cut of boxes, tanks and gons eastbound out of the Chama Yard, as they begin the run up the 4% grade to Cumbr... (more)

A "Cumbres turn" much in the way the DRGW would have hauled cars to the top of Cumbres pass 50 years ago. A Steam Specials charter. A similar scene taken 50 years ago can be found Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Chama, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 484/DRGW489
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 28, 2015

The next to last southbound train of the year crosses a bridge about 4 miles from terminating in Chama. The weather had cleared up so railfans could close out the Cumbres & Toltec's year with some... (more)

After taking water at Cresco tank, Engineer Jeff Stebbins is getting his train underway. While starting his train on the 4% grade to Cumbres Pass, Jeff is also keeping an eye on the photo line, t... (more)

Extra 484 East, with helper locomotive #489, climbs Cumbres Pass during a Historic Transport Preservation (SteamSpecials) photography charter led by Michael Allen and John B. West.