The sixth eastbound train on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger descends Viewland Hill near Wendel, California. Mothballed between Wendel and Alturas, California in January 1987, the Modoc wa... (more)

One of the first eastbound trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger nears a crew change at Wendel, California.

It's a bitter cold and snowy morning as Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 leaves the warm confines of the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum and creeps onto the turntable.

If one did not know better you would think this is a pic of winter operations in the early 1900's. With bitter cold temperatures and falling snow, the Colorado Ralroad Museum staff muscle the tur... (more)

Falling snow and temperature in the 20's help DRGW 491 put on a steam show at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The Baldwin 2-8-2 was built in 1902 as a Class C-41 standard gauge locomotive. It was re... (more)

A Rio Grande 144 train rounds the first eastbound horseshoe curve at Gilluly.

I was just a kid and using my father's Voigtlander camera on occasion. We were fortunate to see Rio Grande No.1, the "Royal Gorge", as it made its scheduled stop in the depths of the Ark... (more)

The West Local powered by Rio Grande GP30 Nos. 3002 and 3006 travels Rocky Spur above an eastbound coal train led by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 267, that is tied down in Rocky siding, on Feb... (more)

Rio Grande’s first EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor,” No. 5341, leads Union Pacific’s MDVRO manifest freight westbound just west of Rollinsville, Colorado, on September 22, 1998. Trailing No. 5341 is Sou... (more)

After Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a one-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, and return, for about eighteen months. On Jan... (more)

A very grimy Rio Grande 5409 is in need of a couple runs through the wash rack, as it sits with UP and SP power in the Tucson yard. Photo taken with permission.

Railfans cars take all the parking at the crossing at Plainview, on Jan 7, 1984. DRGW 3104 is the rear pusher on train #187 headed westbound. Without looking at the calendar, this is no doubt a ... (more)

DRGW 5771 leads the eastbound Train #118, at Grand Jct, CO, on Apr 17, 1983. I would ride this train east into Denver, my last ride on the Rio Grande Zephyr, which would end 1 week later.

Rio Grande GP60 No. 3155 leads the Ansco Rio Grande Ski Train towards Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on August 2, 1997. This summer edition of the train is operated to Winter Park for ... (more)

One of the gems in the collection of the Colorado Railroad Museum is the Denver & Rio Grande Western 346, a 2-8-0 locomotive built built by Baldwin in 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1935 ... (more)