A trio of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 take Union Pacific’s West local eastbound out of Rocky, Colorado, back to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on October 18, 2001.

A somewhat unusual power combination for a coal train of GP40s and a GP30 come around the corner at Pinecliff, CO with the Continental Divide in the background and South Boulder creek providing a ... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local out of Denver, powered by a trio of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s, descends off Rocky Spur at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of December 27, 2001.

Rear pusher DRGW 3100 shoves a merchandise train westbound at Plainview, CO, Feb 18, 1979

Rio Grande GP40-2 3100 on the point of the Amtrak train at Denver, Colorado on August 4, 1989.

It may be springtime in Denver and other parts of the country, but up here at East Portal, Colorado, at over 9,000 feet in elevation, winter still reigns supreme. A westbound Rio Grande freight fi... (more)

Powered by a trio of Rio Grande GP40-2s, Union Pacific’s West local approaches Leyden, Colorado, toting one tank car from Chem Spur on September 20, 2001.

Image scanned from a black & white negative shot by yours truly through Aunt Ethel's Nikon camera.

Before the Ansco Rio Grande Ski Train bought three F40PHs from Amtrak, they leased a like number from them for a couple years. On March 5, 2000, one of the locomotives was ailing, so Union Pacific... (more)

Rio Grande 3100 departs the stylish but derelict Antonito train depot with 30 loads of perlite for Alamosa yard. Only a block away from this location is the steam powered, narrow gauge Cumbres & T... (more)

A group of senior Rio Grande retirees enjoy a daylight journey from Salt Lake City to Denver via a passenger special, climbing toward Soldier Summit on April 30, 1989.

Rio Grande's Railblazer train 102 is pictured on a super elevated curve approaching Springville on April 5, 1989. The trio of clean EMDs had just been released from the Denver to Winter Park Ski T... (more)

A passenger special run for the benefit of retiring Rio Grande managers glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Castilla.

A short passenger special for the benefit of senior Rio Grande retirees, heads downgrade through Price Canyon at Castle Gate. How would it be to take a ride on the observation platform?

A short passenger special for the benefit of senior Rio Grande retirees crosses the Willow Creek girder bridge through Price Canyon at Castle Gate.