Rio Grande business car Wilson McCarthy trails the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr out of Denver Union Terminal on a clear March day in 1982.

On a bitterly cold and overcast day, when sky, snow and river merged into one, an eastbound coal behind 5396 5393 and 5383 finds itself in the hole at Radium, west of Kremmling, for a meet with th... (more)

Having "chased" the eastbound Zephyr from Clay, along the dirt road to Plainview, and making the shot just in time, the photographer was somewhat concerned to see a following Arapahoe deputy sheri... (more)

With the depot stop and crew change at Bond coming up shortly, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr crawls slowly through the sleepy hamlet of State Bridge in February 1982.

The westbound RGZ accelerates away from the timetabled stop at Granby in April 1982, with the Rocky Mountain National Park providing the backdrop.

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr negotiates the series of horseshoe bends at Dell while it follows the meandering Colorado River along the Dotsero Cut-off in December 1981.

While riding the famed RGZ from Denver to SLC, the photographer takes time out to capture the train being provisioned at Grand Junction for the desert part of the journey. Loadings were so light p... (more)

A chance to get a "sitting duck" shot of the F9 Zephyr power presented itself at Rifle when the westbound went about its depot duties in September 1981 - the sun even came out!

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr speeds across the plains between Fraser and Tabernash behind 5771 5762 and 5763 in June 1981.

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr undertakes depot duties at its schedule stop at Rifle while an eastbound freight, behind 3126 3048 3004 and 5380, uses the opportunity for a meet in September 1981.

The Rio Grande Zephyr follows the Colorado River near Burns on the Dotsero cut-off on its westbound journey to Salt Lake City in December 1981, behind 5771, 253, 5762 and 5763.

Westbound #17, Rio Grande Zephyr, behind the usual suspects, crosses a frozen Colorado River, just west of the stop and crew change at Bond and is about to go into the short tunnel at McCoy, on th... (more)

With business car Wilson McCarthy trailing, #17 Rio Grande Zephyr is up to full load as it approaches Tunnel 29 at Pinecliff in March 1982, lead by 5771 5762 253 5763.

The three covered wagons on the point of the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr put on a show as it puts on a burst of speed approaching Hot Sulphur Springs before slowing again for Byers Canyon in Decem... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr has just run through Dotsero, the meeting point of the Coloado and Eagle rivers, just before entering Glenwood Canyon, in March 1982.