Photo of the Day: James Belmont With the weather turning colder again, it's only fitting for the mind to turn to the one thing that ...

Some trouble on July 4th kept the morning run from Antonito, CO from reaching Osier that noon for the traditional lunch stop, but that&#...

The rising sun is one of the best ways to color your photographs. During maybe a  half-hour at most, the sun shining through more of the at...

"The problem with this event is that it affects every road of the county," "It’s a sinking feeling to know that if someone ca...

There have been widespread road closures due to flooding , including I-25 in both directions from Denver to the Wyoming state line . In my e...

According to Trains Magazine's News Wire , BNSF is sending a "fire train" to assist with protecting sections of the Joint Lin...

If you wonder, like I sometimes do, what Tennessee Pass looks like about now, with all the aspens aglow and fluttering in the early fall bre...

It's hard to believe that only 10 years before this photo was taken, this right-of-way was part of a well-maintained transcontinental ra...

It's always a good sign when your friendly neighborhood railroad, usually BNSF or Union Pacific west of Chicago, starts adding capacity ...

It is all over the narrow gauge world out there this morning that Lobato Trestle on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic is finally back in serv...

Important : See update at end of post Chama is back! The Lobato trestle is nearly completed and is projected to open mid-week, only d...

The Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a volunteer support organization that works to preserve the rolling stock and mo...

With the temperature at 15 degrees below zero outside and the winds at 20 MPH, we had a wind chill near 42 below last week! It got me to th...

Bill Hume, board member of the C&TS Railroad Management Company wrote an Op-Ed piece  for the Albuquerque Journal regarding the Lobato T...

The news out of Chama is not good. On Thursday, June 24th, the Lobato Trestle on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad burned, raining f...

Happy Fourth of July Weekend, everyone! It is a happy Fourth for the Royal Gorge Route and their riders. According to their representative...

Following up on the previous post on Lobato Trestle. I received the following message from Tim Tennant, President and CEO of the Friends of ...

UPDATE 6/21/11: Lobato Trestle is rebuilt and in use !  What happens when you mix creosote-soaked, wooden ties, the right amount of heat ...

As of 6:00 PM yesterday, the Parkdale Canyon fire is considered 100% contained, although smoldering fires and underground hot spots still re...

The Parkdale Canyon fire posted yesterday is 85% contained with full containment expected by tomorrow (Sat). The fire started Monday just a...