Facts At A Glance
| Miles of Track: 64 miles |
| Track Size: Narrow Gauge - 3 feet Standard Gauge - 4 feet 8 1/2 inches |
| Trestles: Cascade Trestle – 408 ft. long, 137 ft. high, installed over Cascade Creek in 1889 Lobato Trestle – 310 ft. long, 100 ft. high, installed over Wolf Creek in 1883 |
| Tunnels: Mud Tunnel - 342 feet long Rock Tunnel - 366 feet long |
| Currently Active Steam Locomotives: 484, 487, 488, & 489 Class – K-36 Builder – Baldwin Locomotive Works Year Built – 1925 Tender Water Capacity – 5,000 gallons Tender Coal Capacity – 9.5 tons Click Here To See Our Operating Locomotives Diesel Locomotive: #19 44 ton Builder – General Electric Year Built – 1943 Acquired from Oahu Railway in 1972 |
| Garfield Monument: Honoring President James A. Garfield following his assassination by Charles J. Guiteau in 1881. |
| Building Dates: Original Antonito Depot – 1880 C&TS Antonito Depot – 1977 Antonito Commission Building (original C&TS Depot) – 1970 Antonito Shop - 1974 Original Lava Pumping Station – 1883 Big Horn Section House – c.1891, removed 1966 Sublette Section House – 1880 Toltec Section House – 1882, removed 1938 Osier Section House - 1884 Osier Depot – 1880 Los Pinos Section House – c.1891, removed 1938 Cumbres Section House – 1882 Cumbres Depot – 1882, removed 1954 Cumbres Car Inspector’s House – c.1911 Cresco Section House – c.1881, removed 1938 Chama Depot – 1882, burned 1899, rebuilt 1899 Chama Roundhouse – 1882, burned 1899, rebuilt 1899 Chama Locomotive Shop – 1977 |
| Elevation: Antonito – 7888 ft. Lava – 8468 ft. Big Horn – 9022 ft. Sublette – 9276 ft. Mud Tunnel - 9465 Rock Tunnel – 9631 ft. Osier – 9637 ft. Los Pinos – 9710 ft. Cumbres – 10015 ft. Cresco – 9193 ft. Lobato – 8303 ft. Chama – 7863 ft. |