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| Interior of the boxcar that will be used for museum displays. |
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| Duncan Broderick and Tom Simco work on some of the massive structure of pile driver OB. |
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| Dick Caldwell tapes a stencil in place on the main frame of pile driver OB. |
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| Judy Burdick applies the finer touch on the stencils for the reporting marks on the main frame of pile driver OB. |
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| Mark Valerius and Terry Rider (team leader) install the valve stand on the Jordan spreader. |
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| John Engs tries to work some lubrication around the brake wheel shaft after replacing the bent shaft on pile driver OB. |
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| Left to right: Thomas Hillhouse, Don Paulson and Russ Hanscom (team leader) install new roofing on the Chama oil house after removing rotted wood from roof. |
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| Left to right: Russ Hanscom (team leader) photographs the work on the oil house as Thomas Hillhouse, Don Paulson, and Keith Koch finish repairs on that section of roof. |
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| Dick Caldwell (team leader) admires the steady touch of Judy Burdick as she puts the finishing touches on the numbers for idler car 06008. |
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| A finished bench for the Antonito CRF. |
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| Idler car 06008 with a new coat of paint and some of the reporting marks finished. |
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| Judy Hoffman and Alta Berkstresser (team leader) gardening at south end of restroom. |
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| Keith Koch, Russ Hanscom (team leader) and Thomas Hillhouse nail roofing on the Chama oil house. |
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| Thomas Hillhouse and Russ Hanscom (team leader) tar seams in roof of the Chama oil house. |
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| Don Bayer (team leader) and Bob Reib prepare to jack one end of RPO X54. |
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| Don Bayer (team leader) in the carpenter shop laying out dimensions on a replacement side sill for RPO X54. |
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| Jim McGee (left, team leader) and Tarry Rahne repair a depot bench. |
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| Duncan Burdick puts the finishing touches on the lettering on pile driver OB. |
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| Thomas Hillhouse (left) and Don Paulson reset a post on the railing ramp to Terrace Ave. |
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| Cliff Young on top of pile driver OB hands down the upper rail to Duncan Burdick as John Engs lends assistance. |
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| Left to right Mark Valerius, Terry Rider (team leader) and Bob Meckley at work on the Jordan spreader. |
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| At work on pile driver OB in the Antonito CRF. Clockwise from top-left: Clyde Putman, Cliff Young, Tim Bristow, Duncan Burdick and John Engs. |
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| Left to right: Don Paulson, Keith Koch and Thomas Hillhouse repair the fence at the main entrance to the railroad in Chama. |
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| View from log bunkhouse toward the Chama water tank. The new shingles for the roof of the log bunkhouse are in the foreground. |
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| View from Chama log bunkhouse looking east taken around midday. |
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| Don Paulson and Thomas Hillhouse at work on the Jordan spreader. |
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| Ed Lowrance and Bill Strathearn (team leader) check a jig for mortising the side sill of RPO X54. |
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| Bob Reib and Don Bayer (team leader) prepare vertical frame members for RPO X54. |
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| Russ Hanscom in the Chama enginehouse bends pipe for the air line on locomotive 489. |
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| Marshall Smith and Don Bayer (team leader) cut vertical supports for roof of RPO X54. |
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| John Altshool and Bob Reib pass wood to the table saw as part of the X54 project. |
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| View towards the Chama water tank from the log bunkhouse after the morning snows. |
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| During a heavy snow flurry, Engine 484 approaches the coal loading ramp where the front end loader will fill the coal tender in preparation for opening day. |
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| View looking west at engine 484 getting loaded with coal. |
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| It's snowing heavily as locomotive 484 passes by the coal tipple on its way to the water tank in preparation for open day. |
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| Engine 484 backs down the east water tank lead to get water in preparation for the opening day run on Saturday, May 24, 2008. The snow flurries were really heavy at this point but were intermittent throughout the rest of the day. |
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