Rio Grande GP40 3086, and two other GPs, get serviced in the sanding rack at Pueblo, Colorado, on August 28, 1973.

Rio Grande GP9 5923 rests between assignments in the Pueblo, Colorado, yard on August 28, 1973.

Four Rio Grande GPs and their train arrive at the Pueblo, Colorado, yard on August 28, 1973. GP40-2 3097 was delivered from EMD in 1972.

Rio Grande owned two-dozen EMD GP9 locomotives (numbered in sets of four, rather than an unbroken block, with each ending in a 1, 2, 3 or 4), and 5954 - seen here switching the Pueblo, Colorado, y... (more)

A loaded coal crosses over Fountain Creek on its journey to La Junta on the BNSF main via trackage rights. This line was originally built by the ATSF in 1876.

Union Pacific yard power with a nice looking leaser, makes its way back to the locomotive terminal in preparation of tying down for the day.

An empty autorack train makes its way underneath the Union Avenue overpass with the Union Depot and Pikes Peak in the background.

Lots of wheels await their fate after a long life.

Two pairs of fallen flags set the scene as yard locomotives and power from a recently tied down coal train all take a break at the former D&RGW locomotive yard.

Three older timers, GP9 5932 and 5903 and lone GP7 5108, bide their time at the DRGW servicing yard at Pueblo in March 1982.

With their signal to enter Pueblo Junciton, this loaded coal train starts moving while a pair of transients gather wood and cross in front of the train, impervious to its movement.

A long mixed freight with a variety of paint schemes, winds its way out of the Pueblo yard past the numerous historical pieces that call the Pueblo Train Museum home.

GP9 5944 and caboose 01469 sit between duties in Pueblo Yard.

More black diamonds make their way south on another gorgeous Colorado morning.

Lots of power sits at the former Rio Grande locomotive terminal in beautiful Pueblo, Colorado.