DRG&W #487 at Windy Point.

Here's an old pan I took back before I was even born, featuring DRG&W #485, scrapped in 1955. This photo is not possible to take today (but it was last week after #489 dressed as #485 for a day, ... (more)

DRG&W #487 with it's freight sits in the siding giving priority to DRG&W #485 with a passenger train bound for Chama. Just another day on the DRG&W, as it has been for over a 100 years.

DRG&W #487 arrives at the Cresco water tank deep in the woods looking to top off before terminating the run in Chama.

Fond memories chasing the DRG&W with steam photographer John West and friends. Hard to believe it was only last week. bw

A ranch hand shoots the breeze with the engineer of DRG&W #487 while a hostler prepares the stock cars for loading at the stockyards in Osier, NM. Part of a Lerro Productions charter. Click more)

DRG&W #487 winds it's way down the grade bound for the station in Chama, NM.

Rio Grande #487 and consist travel West through the Los Pinos valley en route towards Chama. A Lerro Productions charter.

DRGW #487 arrives at the water tank for a drink. Water flows from the tender as the crew wets the dusty coal. A light from a speeder shines behind as it will along the entire trek to Cumbres an... (more)

DRGW #487 pulls up to the ash pit early one morning ready to dump her ash - a scene that has been repeated for nearly 100 years. Afterward, the crew will bring the engine past the coal tipple and... (more)

Steamscape: Cascade Trestle. A Denver & Rio Grande Western freight charges across Cascade Trestle on a sunny September afternoon hauling cattle and freight westbound toward Cumbres Pass. T... (more)

Yet another day dawns on Cumbres & Toltec Railroad using engines built in the early 1920's, continuing a practice that started in the early 1880's by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

A DRGW train from Durango arrives past the stock pens at Chama. Or at least that what it looks like in this 1993 recreation by a Greg Scholl chartered freight. The scene is so convincing that wh... (more)

A DRGW steam excursion makes a runby at Sunnyside on the Farmington Branch in the summer of 1962. Sunnyside is about 10-15 timetable miles south of Durango. (Editorial note: Thanks to Joe Daile... (more)

Chama night life. The 487 poses for some night shots. This will be the power for the Christmas Train the following day.