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 ...

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 ...

This week, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Colorado’s historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, the rail line is hosting a gathering of 10 operating steam locomotives — the first of ...

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 ...

The Chama Express departs at 1 p.m. each day and will steam up thrilling Windy Point to the summit of Cumbres Pass, the highest point reached by any steam train in America. The train will then return ...

CHAMA, New Mexico — Thick, black smoke billows from the engine, flooding the air with a pungent cloud of ash and soot. Wheels clack against rails. Cars lurch from side to side. Ahead, the coal-fired ...

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 ...

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 ...