Minturn, Colorado Yard afternoon in June 1996. A westbound SP manifest sits awaiting a Grand Junction crew to take her west. Looks like it was a lazy morning on Tennessee Pass as most of the Hel... (more)

This is one of the few series of cars that saw some Southern Pacific new image paint applied. This car was seen in its fresh coat waiting for helpers to take it over Tennessee Pass.

Eastbound arriving in Minturn.

The mainline rails here are rusty and silent where once Rio Grande trains thundered out of Minturn, Colorado, attacking the steep grade 3% grade over Tennessee Pass. On August 12, 2015, at the eas... (more)

DRGW's last in service F unit served out it's last years in local service out of Minturn as is shown waiting for it's next run in the Minturn engine facility.

Where Rio Grande trains once thundered eastbound to attack the steep grade over Tennessee Pass is now seemingly a garden of sorts. On August 12, 2015, at the east end of the CTC siding at Minturn,... (more)

Westbound DRGW "Ford Fast" descending Tennessee Pass

A pair of SP GP60s lead the Malta Turn out of Minturn Yard with 25 cars on Sept. 27, 1996. Russell snowplow X-67, built for the Rio Grande in Jan. 1950, awaits an opportunity to clear the yard of ... (more)

Good Morning Colorado! A lineup of Southern Pacific power await a chance to tackle Tennessee Pass spotted at Minturn Yard on Sept. 27, 1996. Winter has a tendency to arrive early in Minturn, some ... (more)

Minutes after a crew change at Minturn, the OANSF meets brilliant fall foliage on the ascent to 10,424 ft. Tennessee Pass on Sept. 26, 1996.

Despite being owned by Southern Pacific at this time, the Tennessee Pass Helper Terminal at Minturn, Colorado, was filled with Denver & Rio Grande Western power, including this quartet of SD40T-2s... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train pauses briefly at Minturn on a clear summer morning. The train will add helpers which will assist in assaulting the 3% grade to the summit at Tennessee Pass.

A short Hutchinson, KS to Oakland, CA freight passes the signal at the east end of Minturn siding. Chasing this afternoon westbound was the perfect way to end a day of railfanning Tennessee Pass ... (more)

In the last months of Union Pacific's operation of Tennessee Pass, a quartet of SP AC4400s rest in the yard at Minturn, awaiting their turn to assist another eastbound over the pass.

Denver and Rio Grande Western GP40 No. 3083 is the east unit on a helper set at Minturn, Colorado, in July 1984. Behind No. 3083 is a GP40-2, a SD40T-2, a SD45, and two more SD40T-2s. One track ov... (more)