October Snow

D&RGW #491 is throttling up the grade at the Colorado Railroad Museum in the first snows of the season.

The first day of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight ended with a night photo session at the Chama, NM coaling tower with K27 #463. Lighting was arranged by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec, please ... (more)

D&RGW K27 #463 leads mixed freight at Coxo, CO 10/4/16, and is climbing to Cumbres Pass, 1015'. Windy Point can be seen on the top left. From the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the ... (more)

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars passes Cresco Tank Cresco, CO 10/4/16 as part of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight from the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars, entering the narrows outside Chama, NM 10/4/16. This is from the 2016 Fall Photo Freight of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec.

DRGW K27 #463 with a train of stock cars, passing Jukes Tree Chama, NM 10/4/16. This is from the 2016 Fall Photo Freight of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec. We were fortunate to have incre... (more)

The Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec hosted a two day 2016 Fall Photo Freight October 4th and 5th, 2016 with a variety of power, locations, etc. The first day began with DRGW K27 #463, a 1903 Ba... (more)

Nose to nose in Silverton. On a beautiful summer evening in Silverton, Colorado, two different classes of Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotives sit nose to nose in the yard at aroun... (more)

Fall Splendor at the Water Tank

D&RGW 489 is taking water on a brilliant Fall sunrise in Chama, NM.

The Battle for the Pass has Begun.

Through 4-5’ of deep snow Denver & Rio Grande Western OY rotary steam powered snow plow is in full battle for the pass. Gently falling lar... (more)

Snow Fighting to Colorado

Near the Colorado state line the Rotary OY is in full battle with snow with 2-8-2 #487 and #484 pushing.

RGS Twenty

The return of Rio Grande Southern #20 on the Trains Magazine with Jim Wrinn and the Colorado Railroad Museum photo spectacular Aug 1st was a sell out exciting an... (more)

Switching at "No Agua" Rio Grande Southern #20's coming out party was a great success. Here we see #20 backing down to couple to a short freight at "No Agua" tank duri... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #20 is on stage at the Colorado Railroad Museum for its comeback from a lengthy thorough restoration.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary snowplow OY removes some snow through a curve above Dalton, New Mexico, on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Rio Grande caboose No. 0306 carries the m... (more)