After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

Coal from mines along the original Denver & Rio Grande Western main line moves east through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

DRGW 3014 and 3003 with caboose 01487 at Rocky, CO, Dec 10, 1983.

DRGW 5341 leads a southbound coal train across the S Platte River, in Denver, CO. Aug 13, 1983.

DRGW 5771 awaits to leave Denver's Union Station on a snowy day on Mar 26, 1983. The Ski Train also is in the picture awaiting its departure.

DRGW 5371 leads train #166 at Denver, CO, on Jan 16, 1983.

Saturday mornings during the winter were doubly busy at Denver Union Station. As soon as the Rio Grande Zephry leaves for Salt Lake City, the Rio Grande Ski Train will board, and wil... (more)

Like many Rio Grande cabooses in this era, this one is showing evidence of years of service on coal trains and passing through many tunnels. Here it continues its streak on an eastbound coal train... (more)

Eastbound coal is making time on the Rio Grande as it glides through New Castle, Colorado.

The Rio Grande Ski Train rounds the horseshoe curve that crosses the entry to Coal Creek Canyon as it climbs to the Moffat Tunnel and Winter Park. It’s a shame that the UP continues to re... (more)

Eastbound coal rolls through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

A Rio Grande tunnel motor and a pair of SD45’s bring eastbound coal through Glenwood Canyon near Allen, Colorado.

A Western Pacific GP35 shunts cars near Denver Union Station. I never made it out to the WP, but the Union Pacific provided a few units for me to see while in Denver.

With the Continental Divide looming above, a loaded Rio Grande coal train arcs through the long curve at Crescent, Colorado, in July 1984.

Rio Grande train 705 works its way west between Granby and Kremmling on the Moffat line in Byers Canyon. Three of the Grande’s newest locomotives, SD50’s, lead the empty coal train, which also... (more)