Chama sunrise. With the newly risen sun filtering through the trees on the east side of the Chama Yard, the shop crew brings the 487 to a halt at the dual-spouted water tank. Having just c... (more)

Pushin' Hard! Just a half a mile or so from the beginning of the daunting 4% grade, we find K-36 #488 pushing hard on the tail end of a Rio Grande Freight headed for the 10,000 ft. high Cum... (more)

K-36 No. 480 is seen near Cresco struggling up Cumbres Pass with a usual length train of 15 cars. K-37 No. 491 is assisting. This train can also be seen in my Rail Pictures photo No. 386642. ... (more)

Something the Cumbres & Toltec is trying this year is a weekly train run on Sundays, called the Sunday Express. It starts at Chama, runs up the 4% to Cumbres, where the passengers get a picnic lun... (more)

Once C&TS train 215 arrived in town, a moonlight special departed Chama en route to Osier, where the riders would enjoy a steak dinner and wine tasting before returning to Chama, which would not h... (more)

After a long 63-mile ride from Antonito, C&TS train 215 arrives at the depot at Chama for the passengers to get off the train. Sitting on track 1 is the Thomas special, which had finished running ... (more)

K-36 489 and 488 as mid train helper are hauling a heavy freight special up to the cumbres pass.

The Chama Yard looks much as it has for decades. Only the diesel on loan from the Colorado Railroad Museum gives away when this photo was taken.

Early morning at Lava. A Pete Lerro/Farrails charter. Looks a bit "gritty", like the old days.

K-37 engine 492 rests within the Chama Yard of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, New Mexico.

The old Baldwin number 487 leaves Chama, New Mexico on a sunny day. The engine crosses the Rio Chama River Bridge about half a mile outside of town. The climb begins up the very scenic 4% grade to... (more)

The freshly painted Baldwin 2-8-2 begins a new Tourist season. It has begun the climb out of Chama on a 4% grade. The posts in the house in the background are vertical and the steepness of the 4% ... (more)

A freshly painted Baldwin 2-8-2 slugs it's way around Windy Point at 9800 feet elevation. The Cumbres summit at the Continental Divide is just around the corner.

Having completed its task of helping a hill turn to the top of Cumbres Pass, K-37 No.494 leaves the wye snowshed and heads back to Chama.

It was just another day for pushing a turn to the top of Cumbres Pass for 494 and its crew, but for me it was one of excitement and anticipation, since a visit the night before to view the eng... (more)