Rio Grande veteran SD40T-2 #5371 takes a breather on the service tracks at Helper yard. The D&RGW 5371 is more than 31 years old with it's original EMD factory applied paint and road number. Not ... (more)
Union Pacific's last original Rio Grande unit climbs the Sunnyside Sub grade with 10 cars of dirty dirt for ECDC. The brakeman is outside the cab catching some clean Green River Desert air.
5371 watches as a Utah Railway coal train thunders by.
A trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2's head up the LJP45 "dirt train" at Spring Glen, Utah. Good news for D&RGW fans...the 5371 has just returned to Helper after a recent 90 day inspection at Roper yard (... (more)
Rio Grande 5371, the last "Grande" engine; trails in a light power move up to solider summit to move a bad order car off the wye at the summit
The famous "dirt train" local climbs the grade from Grassy Trail wash at Mounds to East Carbon City.
UP's last Rio Grande numbered locomotive runs parallel to Grassy Trail Creek at milepost 2.66 of UP's Sunnyside Subdivision. This train of contaminated dirt will terminate at East Carbon Developme... (more)
Union Pacific's last true D&RGW unit leads the "dirt train" local through Wellington Canyon. It appears the 5371 and company are acting their age!
The last Rio Grande locomotive basks in the sun after its local run. taken with permission from a very gracious crew and yard manager
The real DRGW Heritage Unit congregates with road power at Helper Yard
For a Rio Grande "fix" Helper is still the place to be (but just barely). In bright morning sun, D&RGW 5371 and company switch at the west end of Helper yard.
The last "real" Rio Grande unit highballs towards Helper with the dirt train.
With UP about to unveil the new "Heritage" Rio Grande paint scheme, here's a shot of the very last unpatched Rio Grande unit arriving at Mounds.
Rio Grande 5371 sets out a tank car to the team track off the siding in downtown Price.
The last original D&RGW unit on the Union Pacific works the "dirt train" at East Price.
