#cumbres and toltec

[eopederson]

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Watering Station, Osier, Colorado, 1998.

[daskibum]

More from the Cubres Toltec.  

[nmnomad]

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad travels the original 64-miles of narrow gauge track laid in 1880, winding across the borders of #Colorado & #NewMexico 11 times. 2024 Season: May 25th-October 19th, 6 days a week, Tues - Sun. 7 different train excursions

[nashpotatoesoutdoorshow]

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Colorado & New Mexico

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is one of the most fun & relaxing activities I’ve ever done…

[jacobmartellaphotography]

Built as a part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western’s San Juan Extension over 100 years ago, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad offers amazing views of the San Juan Mountains along a 64 mile, six hour journey. Come along as we explore those amazing views and learn more about the history of the line.

[christhiry]

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

[heavenlybackside]

168 (T-12) at Rock Tunnel (MP 315.3) on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.

[guerrerense]

Almost Home por Jeffrey Danneels (Mostly off taking pictures) Por Flickr: Another shot of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

[primerjohn]

A long and narrow diorama at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, this display may appear simpler than some of the others I have featured, but the crafting here is still that of a master. The trees in particular are genuine wood, converted to take on the roles from which they had been gathered from (now that was a mouthful).

Chama, NM

This Chama, New Mexico layout is modeled after the actual Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow gauge Chama yard and engine facility, circa 1955.

Today this yard and engine facility serves the popular Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Many of the structures in this diorama were built from scratch, known as “scratch built” structures, because no kits existed for them. Notice the depot, roundhouse, coaling tower, and vegetation in this layout.

Bill Peter and Jim Booth

Bill Peter, owner of Peter Built Locomotive Works (PBL), and Jim Booth designed and built the Chama, NewMexico layout to show the advantages of S scale narrow gauge trains taking less room. For many years Bill and Jim took this layout to numerous train shows and conventions around the U.S. to promoteS scale narrow gauge trains.

[littlewestern]

You know, Silver and Black has my mind gears whirlin! I wonder how the trains of the Strasburg RR, and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania get along. The United Railroad Historical Society of NJ. The B&O museum! Tennessee Valley, North Carolina Transportation Museum, Museum of the American Railroad, California State Railroad Museum, Nevada State Railroad Museum, Colorado Railroad Museum the possibilities! The Grand Canyon Railway, the Niles Canyon Rwy, Durango & Silverton, Cumbres and Toltec, on and on and on!

Oh, totally! DJ and I sometimes have moments of lunacy flights of fancy where we imagine our letters getting the attention of other transportation museums, how we'd handle their rosters and how it would connect with the already-established lore. Nothing serious, mind, just a fun "what if".

Out of personal investment not related to the letters, we keep a weather eye on the St Louis Transportation Museum (Silver Charger is there alongside another Russian Decapod like Frisco 1630, and of course Big Boy 4006), as well as the Mark Twain Zephyr restoration project. The news of Flying Yankee going up for sale is also something we've been watching with interest. Looks like the Flying Yankee Association put in a bid a few days ago, which is good news!

This is the thing I love about train stuff, you can get invested in so many different aspects of the culture and hobby and never run out of material. For us, it's been the preservation aspect and learning about the local history of not just the trains, but the museums themselves. It's been a blast, and I'm tickled that your imagination is just as inspired as ours was by the possibilities!

[journeyneverends]

Oldest church in Colorado in Antonito

Thriving night life of Antonito CO population 647. Primarily a sheep town settled by Spanish

Home of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad a narrow gauge that goes from Antonito to Chama NM over 10,000’ Cumbres Pass

[naresar]

An explanation and an apology.

In June, I took a trip out to Colorado, and one of the highlights for me was riding on some of the preserved stretches of preserved narrow gauge railroad, namely the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres & Toltec. I thought at the time that parts of the trips, especially on the C&T between the top of Cumbres Pass and Antonito looked like it may as well been the 1880s when they built the railroad. The narrow gauge isn't my usual thing as far as trains go but it was extremely cool. So when a blog I follow (@aryburn-trains) posted a bunch of pictures from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, I went on a little of a spree and filled up my queue.

And like, I saw some of these engines. I rode behind and photographed them. And the trains they were pulling aren't quite the same but they share a look. And the scenery certainly looks the same outside of the cities (Durango has grown a bit from the looks of things). Like other than the cars, a lot looks familiar to me.

The apology is because I decided that rather than having my queue run as typical and have things spaced out, I'd write this little bit of explanation and publish them all at once. So have fun with that.

[daskibum]

Cumbres and Toltec railroad.

[nmnomad]

The historic Cumbres-Toltec train chugs along at a top speed of 12 mph, providing a leisurely 6-hour sojourn through the scenic San Juan mountains between Chama, New Mexico and Antonito, Colorado on the original 64-miles of tracks laid in 1880. The train crosses the borders of Colorado and New Mexico 11 times, passing through high mountain passes, alpine meadows, and conifer and aspen forests that are mostly inaccessible by car.

[killmotion]

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad through New Mexico // zandall Take a step back in time with the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, as you traverse the historic route through breathtaking New Mexico.

[jacobmartellaphotography]

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