The Union Pacific pulls a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Jordan Spreader towards Denver and will eventually run it all the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming to help with heavy snows.

PUEBLO CO Aug 23 1981 — Rio Grande GP7 5108 poses for a roster shot. EMD built the unit in June 1952. Rio Grande retired it in March 1984. According to Utahrails.net, “D&RGW 5108 was sold to M... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2-) runs vintage freight cars around the grounds at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2-) runs vintage freight cars around the grounds in Golden, Colorado.

DENVER COL July 2 1978 — Rio Grande SW 1000 144 handles switching duties as it shoves on a caboose. According to Utahrails, “D&RGW 144 was sold to Midwest Metallics, McCook, Illinois, in July ... (more)

DENVER COL Oct 4 1982 — Rio Grande SW 1000 143 handles a cut of cars at North Yard. End built the unit (s/n 32178) in October 1966. Southern Pacific retired it on Oct. 3 1991. Utahrails reports,... (more)

PUEBLO CO Oct 6 1978 — Rio Grande GP7 5108 is shown at the engine facility awaiting an assignment. EMD built the unit (s/n 14433), in June 1952. Rio Grande retired the unit in March 1984. My pho... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) runs laps around the museum grounds in Golden, Colorado.

A special find in an industrial area in central Denver, Colorado is this caboose which has been painted in a fanciful Colorado & Southern scheme. A closer look of the stenciled data reveals that ... (more)

Storm clouds are moving in as the crew of the Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 20 (4-6-0) drop off vintage passenger cars on a siding next to the water tower.

DRGW 63770 is unique in that it is a veteran Rio Grande Box Car and because it has largely escaped the tagger's paint cans.

PALMER LAKE CO — Rio Grande SD40T-2 5398 leads a coal train in this undated photo. The slide is completely unlabeled and the Kodalux slide mount doesn't contain any indication of month-year of d... (more)

ALAMOSA CO Oct 21 1977 — The last vestiges of the below-the-horizon sun illuminate Rio Grande GP40 3077 as the moon climbs skyward at right. My photo.

DRGW 491 (2-8-2) runs the rails around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Last hurrah for the Rio Grande, and it's tunnel motors. I was fortunately enough to get a last chance, of catch four Rio Grande tunnel motors working together on the dirt train in 2002.