DRGW 5771 (F9A) had a storied career in Colorado, leading the Rio Grande Zephyr until 1983, when it was then used for some time leading the Colorado Ski Train, and she even ran some freight before... (more)

DRGW 5771 (F9A) is a fan favorite at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. EMD delivered the units in 1955 with the Aspen Gold paint scheme.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's #491 (2-8-2) gets backed into the roundhouse after spinning on the turntable.

Rio Grande #318 (2-8-0) was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, PA in 1896 for the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad. It was later sold to the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and ... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW #491 (K-37 2-8-2) takes a spin on the turntable at the roundhouse.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad #5771 (EMD F9) sits in the sun at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. This A/B set used to run into the Colorado Rocky Mountains leading the... (more)

The Royal Gorge, D&RGW train 1, is departing Denver Colorado in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW F7 5594 and mates lead a 92 car westbound freight near Palmer Lake Colorado on October 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Snow is falling as DRGW 3011 (GP30) and a Galloping Goose hold sidings at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Denver & Rio Grande Western's Rio Grande Zephyr is making it's station stop and crew change at Grand Jct., Colorado. Date is not known. Scanned from a color print.

Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific locomotives rest beneath the large grain elevator at Kansas City Southern’s Knoche Yard in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 8, 1985. Rio Grande utilized the KCS... (more)

Five GP's are in charge of a manifest in the Price River Canyon. GP40-2's, a GP40, and GP35 brings up the rear. D&RGW 3120, 3095, 3089, 3119, 3047 at Kyune, Utah.

D&RGW 5371, 5377, and 5390 lead the Dirt Train back off the Sunnyside Branch.

Every once in a while, one only needs to squint to see the past in Durango. And in October of 2023 looking into the canyon took us to the 1950's where we found 476 leading a mixed train led by 47... (more)

D&RGW train 6, the Exposition Flyer, is seen west of Leyden Junction Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.