A Durango and Silverton photo extra approaches Rockwood, Colorado on the morning of August 24, 2005. This mixed freight pulled by K-28 No. 473 was operated during the railroad’s Railfest activit... (more)

A scenic passenger train runs through the Narrows on its way to Cumbres Pass and eventually to Antonito. With the tall grass the locomotive gave quite a few slips. A speeder follows closely behind... (more)

The "Grande" at its grandest. In a re-creation of the glory days of the D&RGW, a pair of K-36s rumble past the stockpens on the outskirts of Chama, NM, hauling a long train of freight cars ... (more)

Coxo: The view from Kodak Rock. A stubby monolith located just below Windy Point has come to be known among rail enthusiasts as "Kodak Rock", because it provides a commanding view of the na... (more)

Miracles happen here. Here's a rare look inside the Chama Shop building, where the steam locomotives that serve the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad are serviced and maintained. The railro... (more)

Climbing out of Los Pinos. Rio Grande Locomotive 488 belches out a sooty black plume as she digs her heels in for the steep climb out of the Los Pinos Valley. The freight seen here is pas... (more)

Apache Canyon Sunset. With just a minute or two of sunlight left, a Rio Grande Freight sails through Apache Canyon, on the westbound run to Cumbres Pass. On the 4th day of the FarRail/Lerr... (more)

C&T K-36 #488 storms upgrade at Cresco tank for a photo runby.

The east end of the DRGW Cumbres Pass line, now the Cumbres and Toltec, is at its scenic best in the early morning and late afternoon. Not long after sunrise the road engine and helper are both v... (more)

In an attempt to open its line from winter snows, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic operated a triple-header rotary snow plow train on May 3, 1997. Three mikados are shoving Rotary OY as they near the deep... (more)

Retired in 1962, ex-D&RGW K-37 #494 sits on static display in Antonito with no plans to be restored to service. Behind the 494 is the C&TS's GE 44-tonner #19.

Steamscape: Orgasm Curve. A pair of Chama-based K-36s take a cut of freight cars through the stretch of track that has come to be known as "Orgasm Curve". There are a number of tales in ci... (more)

On a beautiful fall afternoon in the late 1950s, the daily westbound Rio Grande road freight curved past the Los Pinos water tank and climbs out of the valley toward Cumbres Pass. At the top of th... (more)

Desert Glint. A Rio Grande Freight races westbound across the New Mexico desert, just after sunrise on a chilly fall morning. The landscape on the eastern third of the present-day Cumbres ... (more)

The Antonito to Chama westbound stretches out along the bank of the Rio de los Piños just east of Los Pinos. A FarRail/Lerro Productions photo charter.