Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, cruises along the Arkansas River in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

Rolling alongside the whitecaps of the Arkansas River, Rio Grande train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, grinds through Spikebuck, Colorado.

An eastbound Rio Grande freight curves along the Arkansas River west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, in April 1984. Two EMD SD40T-2s power the train that crossed Tennessee Pass earlier that morning.

The Ford Fast Freight continues its westward journey on the Rio Grande main line at Howard, Colorado. While the train has been steadily grinding upgrade along the Arkansas River since short... (more)

Rio Grande train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, hugs the bank of the Arkansas River as it winds through Cotopaxi, Colorado. My friends opted for a rock outcropping over the river just west of ... (more)

Rio Grande train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, grinds westward along the Arkansas River in Texas Creek, Colorado. Although the heart of the grade over Tennessee Pass is still about fifty mile... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5400, 5347, and 5365 lead a 70 car 'Dirt Train' local at milepost 6 on the Sunnyside Sub on a warm Oct. 11, 1999 afternoon.

A matched set of Rio Grande tunnel motors are staged at Helper Yard to cut into an inbound Savage coal train to assist on the climb to Soldier Summit.

After Philip Anschutz acquired the D&RGW and the SP, one of his first missions was to lay fiber optic cable along the D&RGW right of way from Denver to Salt Lake City. With an SD-40-2T from each... (more)

Southern Pacific's 'Dirt Train' zigs and zags through the Kyune curves along the Price River the evening of June 1, 1996. This edition of UT16L-01 local is 2100 feet long with 15 loads, 15 empties... (more)

Just before sundown, a fine quartet of EMD SD40T-2s lead an 84 car UTLBC coal train west through Riverton on May 27, 1995.

Proof the Rio Grande had class!

A four pack of big EMDs lead the Helper Local east through Sutro Cut on June 3, 1991.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5400 leads a Union Pacific DVROM freight westbound through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of April 12, 1999. The 5400 was one of the few... (more)