After taking the bus from Antonito to Chama, we checked out the rail yard for a while as the train crew got the double-header train ready to go. They need two engines to pull most trains over the pass on the way back to Colorado. Occasionally they’ll have three engines but today it was only two.
The old depot at Chama is in good shape thanks to the Cumbres and Toltec still operating the line over the pass.
People starting to load up on the train.
The engines getting ready to go.
The old coal tower at the end of the yard is still in good shape and really neat to see.
The business end of the steam engines.
Standing in front of the double header!
Some other engines are sitting waiting for the day that they’re needed in the yard.
On the train heading out of the yard.
The water tower is still in use at Chama.
Nice wooden caboose. Those are rare. Awesome.
The Cumbres and Toltec has a lot of original rolling stock. The railroad was only shut down for a year or two between being a regular freight and passenger railroad, and a tourist train.