ANTONITO, Colo. - Standing between the iron rails, listening to the soft chuffing of the engine building steam, it is easy to imagine a fire-breathing dragon just a few feet away. The restored and ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad makes its way from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado. Fall is in full swing, and ...

Two Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad steam engines haul passengers from Chama to Antonito, Colorado. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) The commission that oversees a historic steam railroad in ...

Next month, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will return to service a locomotive first used 110 years ago. Locomotive No. 463, a coal-fired K-27 steam engine that once pulled trains carrying ...

There are hundreds of railroad museums and scenic train rides all across the United States. Many of them offer the opportunity to "step back in time" or "relive yesteryear." But few deliver on that ...

CHAMA, N.M.-- Hands sweating in borrowed leather gloves, I slowly ease the oversized brass lever toward me with an odd-sounding combination of brute strength and finesse. Ronnie Lopez nods ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad rolls through the plains. —Courtesy of Stacey McKenna The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. This month, take a ...

Matt Wallace opened Local in Chama last summer to pair good wine and live music with a sense of community. Like most of the village of around 1,000 by the Colorado border, his restaurant’s clock is ...

One of the highest bridges on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad was badly damaged by fire Wednesday night. Railroad spokesman Nick Quintana said the Lobato Trestle, the second-highest bridge on ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will welcome the first guests of its 2022 season Friday after postponing its original opening day due to exceptionally dry conditions, the railroad announced. The ...