The Pueblo & Chama Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad that operated in the southwestern United States in 1912.
History[]
While on the run with the Cross of Coronado from a group of treasure hunters led by Fedora in Utah, 1912, young Indiana Jones came across the Dunn & Duffy Combined Circus train being hauled across the desert by a locomotive owned by the Pueblo and Chama Railroad. He was able to successfully outrun his pursuers on the train and make it back to the Jones residence, but only to find the treasure hunters, their client Panama Hat and the Sheriff arrive seconds later. The Cross was promptly reclaimed from Indy.
Behind the scenes[]
A closeup of the lettering on the tender of the engine.
The train scenes in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were shot at the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico. The locomotive numbered 484, several pieces of freight equipment and a caboose were painted to make up the circus train shown in the film.
