Fall in the Rockies - a cloudless day greets helpers GP40 3093, GP35s 3047 and 3050 and SD40T-2s 5387 and 5393 and they wait for the next eastbound at Minturn nearly 30 years ago.

Dwarfed by the surrounding mountains, 5343, 5370, 5392, 5333 and 5325 slowly make their way out of Minturn towards Tennessee Pass in July 1981. In the distance the two sets of helpers can be detec... (more)

One hundred loaded coal cars and twenty locomotives begin their slow climb out of Minturn up to Tennessee Pass in November 1981. 3099 leads six others on #790 westbound coal while glimpses of the ... (more)

Boxing Day/The day after Christmas 29 years ago finds 5412, 5407, 5388, 5394 and 5375 in a snow storm climbing out of Minturn, on the way to Tennessee Pass, with #788 100-car coal from Cameo. The ... (more)

Visiting CN GP40-2 equivalents (GF-430c) join locals 3077 and 3055 at Minturn for creep control evaluation tests in September 1981.

Two DRGW trains get ready to tackle another heavy grade as one of the many mountains in the area looms in the background.

In seriously failing light, an eastbound freight heads towards Belden and Tennessee Pass behind 3008, 3050, 5338 and 3021, being assisted off camera by seven GP helpers, in November 1981.

3119 inhabits the small maintenance shed at Minturn in June 1981.

The hum of dynamic brakes interrupts the morning quiet after a snowstorm the previous night on Tennessee Pass. DRGW 5404 leads a westbound doublestack downhill at 9 a.m. at the overpass just east ... (more)

D&RGW 5508 leads an eastbound as it crosses the Eagle River two miles west of Minturn.

Four GP30s, three GP40s and a GP40-2 make up the helper unit in between turns at Minturn in February 1982 - 3001, 3117, 3025, 3059, 3051, 3021, 3060 and 3002. GP30 3025 was wrecked at the Parshall... (more)

Showing the fine lines of the SD40T-2 variant, the last two of the D&RGW roster 5413 and 5412, along with GP35 3039 await the attachment of helpers in Minturn Yard with eastbound #36 in December ... (more)

Six helper units wait for the their train to be split in Minturn Yard before assuming their position in December 1981. Units in question are 3094, 3065, 3048, 3080, 3057 and 3116.

With the helpers just hoving into view, eastbound #48 climbs between Minturn and Belden, towards Tennessee Pass, behind 5353, 3021, 3064 and 3071 in December 1981