Chama Depot, New Mexico — Cumbres & Toltec Depot Camera

Chama, New Mexico is the western terminal of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, and the depot in this frame is the original one. The railroad describes its own line as "originally constructed in 1880 as part of the Rio Grande's narrow gauge San Juan Extension", laid to "a gauge of 3 feet between the rails, instead of the more common 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches". What survives is 64 miles of it: the railroad states "64-miles between Chama, NM, and Antonito, CO", over the "10,015 foot high Cumbres Pass", and it received "National Historic Landmark Designation in 2012". The camera is one of three run by the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, a 501(c)3 non-profit that describes the installation as "made possible by the support of FRIENDS of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad" and invites the public to "watch live streams from various angles of the Chama, NM railyard". This is the Depot Camera. The operator lists what it covers, left to right: "Chama Depot - House Track - Main Line - Yard Tracks - Round House - Engine House (upper left) Recreated Telegraph Code Line". The telegraph code line is a reconstruction, not a survivor. The yard the camera looks into is not a museum display but the railroad's working shop. When Colorado and New Mexico bought the line in 1970 for "$547,120", the purchase covered "Nine steam locomotives, over 130 freight and work cars, and the Chama yard and maintenance facility" — this yard. Ticket sales still happen in the building on screen: "The Chama depot is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the regular season." The feed sits inside a Brownrice Internet HTML5 video player embedded on the Friends' webcam page. The Friends publish no terms of use, so Spotatrain links to their page rather than embedding the stream.