2022 MEDIA COVERAGE
North America’s most spectacular train journeys
May 31, 2022
CNN
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2021 MEDIA COVERAGE
Under Steam – Cover Story
June 9, 2021
Santa Fe Reporter
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad rolls across generations, through the pandemic and on to the future…
On the Right Track
July 2021
New Mexico Magazine
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad kept chugging through the pandemic, and this summer introduces a newly renovated locomotive plus five retooled passenger cars.
Colorado Sun: A historic San Luis Valley locomotive…
April 5, 2021
Colorado Sun
Experts from across the country converged to restore Engine 168 for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad straddling the Colorado-New Mexico border.
Cumbres & Toltec prepares for 51st Season…
March 4, 2021
KOB-4 – “This year is looking up for a lot of reasons that we’re all kind of following but really this year we’re opening up on June 5, out of Chama May 29, out of Antonito to allow some of the snow to clear on the New Mexico side,” said Eric Mason, interim CEO of the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad….
2020 MEDIA COVERAGE
All Aboard the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
August 22, 2020
9News
It’s ‘all aboard’ again for these scenic train rides after closing for coronavirus
July 5, 2020
USA Today
After being closed during the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of scenic train rides have once again given the “all aboard!”
2019 MEDIA COVERAGE
A journey through time in the American West
November 23, 2019
CBS This Morning
A train that brought settlers and prospectors through the American frontier almost a century and a half ago is still chugging along, taking railroad enthusiasts and fascinated tourists on a unique journey through the American west. Barry Petersen learned how the passion of a few people helped the railroad survive.
Best Scenic Train Ride: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
May 31, 2019
USA TODAY
Readers choose New Mexico/Colorado railroad as the best
Readers choose New Mexico/Colorado railroad as the best
Sometimes the journey is just as important as the destination. Such is the case for passengers who step aboard these 10 American trains – nominated by a panel of travel experts and voted by 10Best readers as the best in North America.
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
- Strasburg Rail Road
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Capitol Corridor
- Cape Cod Central Railroad
- Rocky Mountaineer
- White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
- Mount Washington Cog Railway
- Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic
- Cass Scenic Railroad
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to picked the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.
Congratulations to all these winning trains!
2018 MEDIA COVERAGE
Smoke, Steam and Steel
January 3, 2018
Huffington Post
There is nothing quite so romantic as a steam train — the sound of a steam whistle echoing off the mountains, the huge plumes of smoke billowing in the air, the chug-chug-chug as the pistons hiss and steam, the clickity-clack of the wheels as they roll over the points, the cars swaying back and forth.