With 14,197-foot Mount Princeton towering in the background, Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 and Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7291 power a five-car local of zinc concentrate between Brown Cañon siding and Sal... (more)

Back in 1994 DRGW 5404 heads a train climbing the Tennessee Pass as it nears Leadville.

DRGW 3106 heads a train climbing the Tennessee pass between Minturn and Leadville in 1994.

Plenty of noise, plenty of smoke, not much speed! I labelled this photo as "Climbing the Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville". Maybe someone knows a more accurate location.

On August 2, 1996, Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) has just arrived at Colorado’s scenic Tennessee Pass. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 (still looking like a... (more)

Rolling along the Arkansas River between Princeton and Granite, CO, SP 8703 leads CNW 6933 and DRGW 5410 on a Herington, KS to Oakland, CA auto train. The Tennessee Pass route was active for only ... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train works through the 10,430-foot siding at Belden while climbing the steep west slope of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass out of Minturn on September 8, 1992. SP E... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5382 and EMD SD50 No. 5515 wait for a call to duty in front of the small enginehouse at Minturn, Colorado, at the foot of the famed grade over Tennessee Pass.

Along the old Colorado Midland
After Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a once-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, ... (more)

Gorge

Union Pacific 1989 is leading the PRUDD Rock & Rail Railroad rock train originated at mp 171.17 Parkdale, CO with commodity eastbound from Gorge to Pueblo on the ... (more)

Reflections

Silent Code Poles, the Arkansas River, and the Royal Gorge a very Denver & Rio Grande Western story. Union Pacific Rio Grande heritage reflects in the back wa... (more)

For years, Colorado’s Minturn yard has sat empty, rusty and forlorn, as seen on June 4, 2018. The sand tower is now gone and weeds grow between the rails that once supported interstate commerce.... (more)

TENNESSEE PASS Southern Pacific AC4400 #164 claws at the 3% grade and rounds Kindig's Curve. The big GE is less than 1 year old and still has a very shiny "Rudolf" nose. A storm front is appro... (more)

The Grand Junction wreck train heads east near Buena Vista. The train is made up mostly of Rio Grande Equipment and was staged in Grand Junction. The train is headed east for a derailment in Brow... (more)

Derailment in Browns Canyon in June 1995. Ex. DRGW side booms are on scene clearing the mainline of the Royal Gorge Route. MOW forces would have the mainline open in less than 24 hours. In 1995 ... (more)