Pickin' up the herd. The fall stock rush is in full swing as a Rio Grande freight out of Durango, CO takes the siding at the Chama stock pens to pick up a local rancher's herd for a trip to... (more)

The Rotary crew is attentive to clearing the line as they pass through "The Narrows" on the climb from Chana, NM to Cumbres Pass.

Steam Engine 455 by water tower

The Cumbres & Toltec's Holiday Express train is back after a 3 year hiatus due to COVID and equipment work. Here K-36 488 pulls a full train of families through fresh snow out onto Lobato Trestle ... (more)

If the quality of cameras existed long ago, this could be from the 1950s ... but it's 60+ years later, before the beginning of the day's tours.

On the afternoon of June 5, 2018, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 484 is replenished with sand alongside the landmark coaling tower and sand house at Chama, New Mexico. Even though it is... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec's scenic train slices through Rancho Del Oso Pardo outside Chama, New Mexico. The Ranch also drives a direct message to above-the-law photographers looking for new angles of the t... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec K-36 No. 488 poses for a night photo shoot

Cumbres & Toltec 489 leads an unscheduled extra passenger train uphill through Dalton.

Smoke from burning hot brake shoes fill the sky as Cumbres & Toltec 484 rolls downhill at Lake Lobato.

Crew members perform a brake test shortly after C&TS 484 is hooked up to the daily consist.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 approaches Lobato Trestle, passing through Weed City. The siding here was the sight of a faux railroad station and water tank used in the filming of a few iconic movies.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 navigates out of the Chama Valley, as she climbs the railroad's ruling 4% grade at Dalton, NM. Once a logging spur, the dirt road crossing remains as an access road to the unc... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 484 takes on water at the Los Piños Tank. The original tank was rebuilt to smaller specifications in the late 80s.

Cumbres & Toltec 484 shuffles a passenger train around the wye and through the yard at Chama, just as the sun begins to dip below the surrounding mountain vistas