Narrow gauge equipment was designed for tight fits and the north entrance to the Chama Yard is definitely in that category. In this illustration, the daily train from Antonito, Colorado em... (more)
Tanglefoot Overlook. This scene might be a credible advertisement for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's Holiday Train, but in fact, it is a summer tourist season excursion train and th... (more)
A mere three days after the autumnal equinox and just about an hour north of Chama, the morning train to Antonito encounters the stark reality of life in the Colorado Rockies. It does indeed sno... (more)
The brilliant morning sunshine at Chama Depot is just a memory as the daily train to Antonito comes off Tanglefoot Curve under building storm clouds. A pesky low pressure area spinning in place ... (more)
A special chase train carrying photographers leaves Cumbres towards Chama. If you were lucky enough to purchase a ticket, this train carried photographers to photo run by locations, so they can ph... (more)
Lobato blow-down! The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's daily train from Antonito to Chama is very nearly home as she coasts across the Lobato Trestle, about 4 miles from the Chama Yard. ... (more)
Anyone who has ever traveled over the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad knows that the line traverses some serious changes in elevation over very short distances. In order to keep the grade steady... (more)
Once clear of the 10,000 ft. Cumbres Pass, the daily excursion from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM pretty much drifts downhill for the rest of the trip. In this scene, Locomotive 488 brings her train... (more)
The daily train from Chama to Antonito labors up the 4% grade near Lobo Lodge on a cool, late September morning. The beautiful, clear sky in this scene was nothing but a tease as a pesky low pre... (more)
The 488 with a Cumbres turn really smokes it up as it climbs the final 4 percent around Windy Point to the pass. As was normal practice, a helper is cut in ahead of the caboose in the distance. ... (more)
An eastbound freight has departed Carbon Junction for Chama. The grade east from Carbon Junction was a steady 2 percent for about seven miles to the top of the mesa just west of Falfa.
DRGW 488 patiently waits its turn at Cumbres while the road engine takes water. Note the snowshed, now gone.
Climbing the grade east from Durango.
The 488 has helped a long freight up the hill from Antonito, and now waits to drift down the 4 percent to Chama.
