Rio Grande's 'Wilson McCarthy' business car adds a touch of class to the Rio Grande Zephyr stopped briefly at the Provo Passenger Station in 1974.

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 departs Provo station for Spanish Fork Canyon, Soldier Summit, Price Canyon and points east. Scanned from a Kodak Plus-X negative exposed through a 35mm Canon FT... (more)

Members of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club await the arrival of the Rio Grande Zephyr at Provo station. Scanned from a Kodak Plus-X negative exposed through a 35mm Canon FT camera. Sept. 1975

The conductor of the Rio Grande Zephyr checks tickets and baggage prior to departure from Provo. Scanned from a Kodak Plus-X negative exposed through a 35mm Canon FT camera. Sept. 1975

Train 17, the Rio Grande Zephyr completes another trip between Denver and Salt Lake City near Provo, UT on a beautiful early evening. Certainly by 1979 this was the nation's last best passenger tr... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr pauses in Helper, UT.

DRGW 5771 warming up in the summer sunshine, proudly on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Coming home for the last time --- as the sun was setting D&RGW's "Rio Grande Zephyr" Train 18 was arguably in one of the route's most popular locations --- Glenwood Canyon --- after departing Glen... (more)

One of my first Kodachrome images captures the Rio Grande Zephyr, train No. 18, curving through Thistle as viewed from the Highway 89 bridge on the east edge of town. The picture was shot with my ... (more)

What became America's sweetheart as a holdout from joining Amtrak, D&RGW's westbound "Rio Grande Zephyr" was just doing its thing delighting passengers in remote and rugged Gore Canyon, Colo. on ... (more)

Skiers aboard the D&RGW ski train are happy and oblivious to the snowy conditions of highways as they safely return to Denver on Feb. 26, 1984. The train is between Tunnels 3 and 2 near Plainview... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr's trio of EMD F9s give it all they've got, climbing the 2.45% grade through Price Canyon at Nolan.

Rio Grande 5771 departs Provo Yard leading ballast train #684 on July 20, 1983.

Not your typical power set at Rio Grande's Roper Yard in the 1980s! The D&RGW's famous F9 trio were assigned to work ballast trains after the demise of the Rio Grande Zephyr. The 5771, 5762, 5763 ... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 tops 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on its 570 mile journey from Salt Lake City to Denver.