Two months before the train was discontinued, the Rio Grande Zephyr is serviced at Grand Junction.

On a bright morning, the Rio Grande Zephyr climbs into the Rocky Mountains.

Travelling west through some beautiful Colorado scenery, the Rio Grande Zephyr approaches the small settlement of State Bridge, Colorado.

Following the meandering Colorado River, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr passes through Yarmony. Colorado.

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr rolls into Yarmony. Colorado. While I will always remember the location for the photographs exposed there, the thing that I will remember most is the mud tha... (more)

Emerging from the clouds into a little sunshine, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr approaches Tunnel 39 and prepares to enter Little Gore Canyon.

The Rio Grande Zephyr tiptoes along a narrow shelf as it exits Gore Canyon and proceeds to Azure.

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit while navigating the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly on June 19, 1976. Note the first F9B has its access doors open in an... (more)

Of all the canyons traversed by the Rio Grande Zephyr, Gore Canyon was arguably the most spectacular. Viewed from Inspiration Point, Train 17 threads through 60-foot-long Tunnel 40, the shortest b... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr approaches the western end of Byers Canyon. After a few more twists and turns, the train will be in Parshall, and will begin a short sprint to Kremmling and Gore Ca... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr Passed through numerous spectacular canyons in its journey between Denver and Salt Lake City, including Gore, Little Gore, Glenwood, Ruby, and Debeque Canyons. Arguably the m... (more)

On the first day of spring, 1983, the Rio Grande Zephyr winds through a winter wonderland in Winter Park, Colorado. The Silver Lady is about halfway between the Moffatt Tunnel and its first statio... (more)

The rolling signboard that once announced to passengers at Denver Union Station where they could travel west on the Rio Grande Zephyr is preserved at the Colorado Railroad Museum at Golden.

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

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)