New Mexico Magazine

Our Tracks Take You Back in Time

uilt in 1880 to haul silver pulled from mines in the San Juan Mountains, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad offers riders a trip to the past. The narrow-gauge railroad takes a scenic ride from Chama, New Mexico, through canyons and alpine meadows to Antonito, Colorado. The locomotive, in 1989, and 2014’s . Rich Casford, risk officer at the railroad and team member for more than 20 years, has many highlights of riding the rails.

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