Back when Soldier Summit was much cooler. A helper set lead by DRGW 5365 cuts off from a train, lead by a new Southern Pacific C44-9W 8161. With DRGW 3094 with a hot shot coming up the right side.... (more)

Before the last hurrah of the Rio Grande tunnel motors on the dirt train out of helper. There was a period of time that a pure set of Rio Grande tunnel motors could be found on the Salt Lake to De... (more)

Happy Holidays

The Colorado Railroad Museum operates the Polar Express Train Ride November through December every season. With special arrangements we set up a shoot with Al Bl... (more)

Happy Holidays

The Colorado Railroad Museum operates the Polar Express Train Ride November through December every season. With special arrangements we set up a shoot with Al Bl... (more)

Happy Holidays

The Colorado Railroad Museum operates the Polar Express Train Ride November through December every season. With special arrangements we set up a shoot with Al Bl... (more)

Thanks to the dedicated team at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Denver & Rio Grande Western #5401 has for the first time in decades the classification lights installed. These are the single lights ... (more)

My final photo of the Rio Grande Zephyr tested the limits of Kodachrome 25 in the last light of day. As I turned t... (more)

The sun is setting both literally and figuratively on the Rio Grande Zephyr in this view on the Dotsero Cutoff at Dell, Colorado. When it gets to Denver, the RGZ will cease to exist,... (more)

On the day after the arrival of the final Rio Grande Zephyr, six of its cars were conveyed to Amtrak. Here waiting for a deadhead ride east are coaches Silver Aspen and Silver Pin... (more)

Budd streamlined cars have been a regular sight in the shadow of Denver Union Station for 34 years, but this is the last day that they will be here. Today, they are owned by Amtrak, and tonight, a... (more)

Legally Parked

Rio Grande diner Silver Banquet makes its final visit to Grande Junction, Colorado. Its last steak and eggs breakfast has been served, and after it spends ano... (more)

Rare Rio Grande boxcar
On September 26, 2020, Denver & Rio Grande Western boxcar No. AX-60080 sits in the yard at Phippsburg, Colorado, located on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande Cra... (more)

Four Tunnel motors, with a loaded coal train coming off Gilluly, with dynamics brakes screaming. SD40-T's 5363, 5406, 5390, and 5345 are doing the honors. Tom Ellis photo.

Early Union Pacific locomotive consists on Colorado’s former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel line could be colorful as seen on April 2, 2001. Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 leads UP and Southern Pacif... (more)

Tom Golden photo.