Chama’s Iron Rail Inn Rolls Again
NO ONE AT CHAMA’S Iron Rail Inn seems to be in a hurry. A hunter at the bar is deep in conversation with a hiker fresh off the Continental Divide Trail. Out on the patio, friends are working through…
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Tag: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Datebook: June 2024
ONLY SEVEN YEARS after the Stonewall uprising in New York City, almost 100 marchers came out in the summer of 1976 to celebrate the first-ever Pride march in Albuquerque. “We have a rich history of…
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Take In Chama's Peaceful Paradise
TIME SLOWS TO a relaxing pace in Chama, making it easy to pause and take in the beauty of the surrounding mountains, rolling meadows, and sparkling Río Chama that runs along the east side of this…
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Why We Love NM: Our Tracks Take You Back in Time
B 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…
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Chama Goes Full Steam Ahead
FROM WHERE WE STAND in a grassy basin, brush conceals the herd of cattle, but when the Trout Stalker Ranch manager calls them with a trilling prrr, cows moo back. The herd plods down the slope and…
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On the Right Track
FROM THE OUTSIDE, the engine workshop of the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, in Antonito, Colorado, doesn’t seem like much. Not to my eyes anyway. It takes stepping inside, where the…
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Quintessentially NM: Wild West
Rodeos throughout the state still celebrate the working cowboy. Photograph by Sara Maxfeldt. Trails and Rails THE SPANISH BROUGHT COWS, SHEEP, AND VAQUERO skills to New Mexico, but cowboying in the…
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5 Great Ways To See Fall Colors
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad cuts through aspen groves. Photograph courtesy of Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Gold hunters, rejoice! Autumn delivers the shimmering yellows of aspens and…
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John Bush's Life On the Rails
Above: John Bush discovered his love of trains growing up in Telluride, Colorado. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. THE WAY JOHN BUSH SEES IT, his life nearly ended when he was 29. He was standing…
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Old-School Train School
Above: Stunning scenery lines Cumbres Pass, just south of Colorado. Photographs by Stefan Wachs. The train has stopped again so the crew can rotate, and fireman Jonathan Jones hops up into the…
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