A Westbound Rio Grande manifest is making quick work of climbing to Soldier Summit, Utah. Here it curves under the highway overpass at Colton.

A westbound Rio Grande mixed freight works its way upgrade toward Soldier Summit neat Royal.

Serviced and ready to serve, a Rio Grande GP40-2 awaits a call east out of Roper Yard. D&RGW 3098 was built by EMD for the Grande in April 1972.

A westbound Rio Grande piggyback train exits the Glenwood Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, on July 19, 1990. Three GP40-2 and two GP35s power the hot train.