The moo cows of Murray welcome the MDVRO into the Salt Lake Valley on July 6, 1997.

The Rio Grande Ski Train is ready for an early morning departure from Denver to Winter Park, tied down at Union Station the evening of March 27, 1997.

The Rio Grande Ski Train emerges from Tunnel One with more than 800 passengers from Denver headed west to Winter Park for a day of skiing on March 29, 1997.

All aboard! After spending a great day on the slopes, more than 750 passengers board the Rio Grande Ski Train at Colorado's Winter Park Ski Resort the afternoon of March 28, 1997.

Merry Christmas from the beautiful Colorado Rockies! The Rio Grande Ski Train has stopped to pick up skiers at the Winter Park Resort on March 28, 1997.

The eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train exits Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on March 21, 1997. A pair (only three built and painted for D&RGW) of Rio Grande EMD GP60s power the passenger trai... (more)

A summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train heads through Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of August 5, 2000. A pair of EMD GP60s do the honors up front; Rio Grande Nos... (more)

SP's Creede Local sets out 16 cars of interchange traffic for the San Luis Central Railroad at Sugar Junction. The 3155, one of the last new D&RGW locomotives, seems right at home in Colorado's Ri... (more)

SP's Creede Local heads west through the San Luis Valley with 16 cars of interchange traffic for the San Luis Central Railroad at Sugar Junction.

The Alamosa based Creede Local shoves from the branch to a spur track with Scale Test car X-0450 between the D&RGW 01489 and the 3155. The crew will soon evaluate the accuracy of a weigh scale at ... (more)

A Rio Grande GP60 couples to caboose 01489 at Sugar Junction on the Creede Branch. For their next move, the crew will retrieve Scale Test car X-0450 at Zinzer and take it to Monte Vista for testin... (more)

A Rio Grande GP60 assigned to work the Creede Local turns on the wye near the historic D&RGW roundhouse in Alamosa, Colorado. The sturdy brick structure that served both narrow and standard gauge ... (more)

The westbound American Orient Express meets Rio Grande GP60 No. 3155 leading Union Pacific’s MRODV (Salt Lake City to Denver) freight at Rocky, Colorado, on June 25, 1998.

Before the F40PHs came to the Ski Train, UP provided the power, and for several years, that was two (of three) of the Rio Grande GP60s. A summer version of the Ski Train, operated to Winter Park f... (more)

A summer Ski Train exits Tunnel 1, east of Plainview, Colorado, on July 29, 2000. The train is pulled by a pair of Rio Grande GP60s, and led by the 3155. The Ski Train was operated during the summ... (more)