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 freight crosses the Arkansas River just west of Princeton, Colorado, as it descends the eastern grade of Tennessee Pass on August 2, 1996.

Crossing the Arkansas River on a through truss bridge is an eastbound Southern Pacific freight led by Cotton Belt EMD SD45T-2 No. 6890 on July 16, 1990, while crossing the former Rio Grande Tennes... (more)

A mixed freight operates between Princeton and Granite, CO on the Tennessee Pass route.

A Cotton Belt GP60 leads a Union Pacific train over the Arkansas River bridge at Princeton, CO on the Tennessee Pass Route, three months before the former D&RGW route was shut down.

Southern Pacific #6819 leads a 1EUCHQ Lumber Wagon through Princeton, Colorado in early 1997.

The SP years were the heyday for the Tennessee Pass route but things are about to reach an abrupt end in just a few months. Meanwhile the passing sidings are kept polished by meets such as is tran... (more)

Westbound SP coal empty near Princeton, CO

A loaded coal train descends the eastern slope of Tennessee Pass, and is about to pass the west switch for the siding at Princeton. From this angle, the right-of-way of the old Colorado Midland R... (more)

A pair of new Southern Pacific GE’s, Nos. 340 and 345, head west with a freight at Princeton, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. This is on the famed route over the Continental Divide over Tennesse... (more)

A 7 engine lash-up with 4 SP and 3 D&RGW engines traverses the Royal Gorge route as they head Eastbound just West of Princeton siding with a heavy lumber drag.

A westbound SP mixed freight rolls along the Arkansas River between Princeton and Granite, Colorado on the D&RG's ex-Tennessee Pass route.

Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass was a fantastic place to railfan and one of the reasons I moved to Colorado. While I would much rather have the Rio Grande leading the consist was neat with a GP60-SD45... (more)

Westbound autoracks roll along the Arkansas River between Granite and Princeton, CO on Southern Pacific's ex-D&RG Tennessee Pass route.

I attended a convention in Denver in 1990, and passed on the tour of the TTC near Pueblo to spend the day railfanning on Tennessee Pass. Next day, I returned with friends to shoot again. This shot... (more)