Much ignored, almost despised, probably handy if you work there, this former Oahu Railway & Land diesel is under the weather and getting attention, much to our delight. In fact K36 487 is shuffli... (more)
One of the oldest freight engines running, 315 stands at the ready next to the Chama depot, her crew posing for the shot.
Stock train special approaches Sublette water plug for a refill of old number 315.
Mudhen 463 emerges from aptly named Rock Tunnel into the heart of the Toltec Gorge on a clear autumn evening.
Chama after dark. The crew of a D&RGW Locomotive prepare their engine for a late evening departure as the Chama Station baggage handlers load the mail and other cargo aboard a Baggage Expre... (more)
Two spouts, no waiting. The early morning sun filters through the grove of trees on the east side of the Chama Yard as multiple steam locomotives are readied for duty on Cumbres turns. In ... (more)
Little train. Big rock. The volcanic spires and pedestal rocks towering over the train are what gave Phantom Curve its name when early engineers that ran trains at night said the shadows cast by ... (more)
Extra 463 continues its climb up the 1.42 percent grade underneath the towering volcanic spires at Phantom Curve.
Extra 463 climbs the mesa in between southern Colorado and northern New Mexico with Stock Extra 315 following in the distance.
Baldwin 489 sits in the yard while 487 backs up and to couple up for a double head end up to Cumbres Pass at 10,015. The two engines coupled so smoothly there is no motion in the couplers as they ... (more)
Extra 463 crosses over Hangman's Trestle on a crystal clear day to end September.
Extra 463 is clinging to the cliffside as it descends toward the Toltec Gorge not long after leaving Osier.
Extra 315 takes a stock train to Alamosa while following the Rio de Los Pinos in the valley of the same name.
Extra 315 doubleheads into Chama with a freight from Durango on a fall morning.
Extra 315's lead engine has just taken water at the double spouted tank in Chama, while 488 approaches on the engine house lead to take on water itself before hooking up to its passenger train.
