Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's #487 (K37 2-8-2) sits idle at the engine shop in Antonito, Colorado.

487 sitting in the shop

The engineer on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 487 shares a private moment with one of hostlers at Chama, New Mexico, after the day’s run to Osier, Colorado, and return on the afterno... (more)

“Candid” shots are always my favorite so we we delighted to catch 487 doing “real work” much a she would have in the 50s. Evidently the diesel was down and steam was making up a work trai... (more)

CTS #487 is entering the Tanglefoot Curve with a mixed train to the Cumbres pass.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s daily passenger train has just arrived on the end of its run at Chama, New Mexico, on the afternoon of August 28, 2021. As passengers disembark, the engine cre... (more)

On Top of the World Cumbres & Toltec 487 has completed its climb to 10,022-ft Cumbres Pass. After a brief stop, the train will depart for Osier. Highway 17 is in the foreground; you c... (more)

Locomotive 487 is about to cross the New Mexico/Colorado state line as it steams into Cresco on its way up to Cumbres Pass.

C&TS 487 is crossing the bridge that used to take Highway 17 across Cumbres Pass before the road was relocated and enlarged.

Former Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 487 is passing the restored phone booth at Coxo as it starts the final leg of its climb to Cumbres Pass.

That Long Way Down...

A Long Drink. The fireman on today's Train 216, Dylan Launer, has climbed atop the tender of Cumbres & Toltec 487 and swung the water column stationed at Cumbres over to give the 1925-built... (more)

Charging upgrade through the crossing at Coxo, Cumbres & Toltec 487 is just moments away from throwing some smoke on the stack as the fireman prepares for the hardest climb of the day - the grueli... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec 487, now 96-years-old, has earned her keep another day as the original DRGW locomotive is moments away from cresting the summit of Cumbres Pass. The 1925 product of Baldwin will t... (more)

K36 487 puts on a beautiful show, with a photo freight during the fall season of the 1989. I don't thing the colors can get much better. (Tom Ellis photo)