It was over 33 years ago, but it seems like yesterday. Rio Grande Zephyr at Grassy, Utah

One of the prettiest schemes to grace a F9 A/B combo. I wish I would have had an interest in train photography when this pair was running the Moffat Tunnel line.

This was the very last F unit on the Rio Grande, where it lead the Rio Grande Zephyr passenger train between Denver and Salt Lake City from 1971 to 1983. In 1984 both of these units powered the Sk... (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.

Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 arrives in the small town of Thistle on the evening of June 19, 1976.

DRGW 5771 (F9) appears ready to roll off the Colorado Railroad Museum grounds with vintage freight cars in tow.

A perfect spring day in Spanish Fork Canyon finds the Rio Grande Zephyr traveling east on its 14 hour journey from Salt Lake City to Denver on March 11, 1979.

The Rio Grande Zephyr is nearing the tunnel district as it crosses Route 72 at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. Over the next 15 miles, the train will make twenty-nine subterraneous forays before i... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr rolls through the passing siding at Plainview, Colorado as the snow blows around on the plains. Just ahead is the heart of the tunnel district on the former Denver & Salt La... (more)

A 'celluloid selfie' taken with my dad in Spanish Fork Canyon in Oct. 1975.

Rio Grande F9A 5771 gets serviced in the road's Burnham Shops in Denver, Colorado, on August 29th, 1973. Rio Grande was one of the few railroads (along with Rock Island and Southern Railway) that... (more)

Frosty ties, stainless steel, and F9s

The stainless steel flanks of Budd passenger cars mark the passage of the Rio Grande Zephyr near Springville on a stormy August evening in 1974.

With the 'Wilson McCarthy' business car on the rear, the Rio Grande Zephyr departs Provo station for Helper, Price, Green River, and points east. July 13, 1976

The sleek lines of the F9 as demonstrated by the beautifully restored DRGW 5771 in the Colorado Railroad Museum.