Skiers watch the arrival of the ski train prior to heading back to Denver after a great day on the slopes.

A clean Rio Grande tunnel motor leads train #151 just west of Provo on May 13, 1987.

3 Rio Grande Tunnels were added at Helper to the head end of this loaded rail train to assist them westbound over Soldier Summit. Here the pound thru the control point at Lynn. The days of the Rio... (more)

Westbound Rio Grande freight trailed by "Cookie Box" painted caboose 01486 meets an eastbound coal train lead by 5354 and four additional SD40T-2s at the Plainview siding. Crew members off of eac... (more)

A chance "meet" while traveling east on the I70 near Eagle finds 5354 5405 and 5368 heading in the opposite direction on a very snowy day in October 1981.

Locomotive balancing sees 5354 5378 5396 5374 5363 5379 and 3074 on a northbound empty coal on the approach to Palmer Lake after the passing of an afternoon storm in March 1982.

A set of 3 DRGW helpers are tacted on the head end of this rail train to assist them over the 2.2 % grade between Helper, UT and Soldier Summit, UT. The train is picking up speed as it passes MP 6... (more)

DRGW 5354 leads 15E west of Williamsport on the NS Wabash.

Once in a while a DRGW unit strays away from home rails and roams the system. This is a very rare appearance of a DRGW unit in Wisconsin.

Southbound Merchandise

The last stretch of nice mainline sunlight with the MSJRV about to take the cutover switch to split across the Roseville yard and back up into the arrival tracks.

One of the last Rio Grande T-2's cruises across the American River about 15 minutes west of Roseville. Notice something missing about the unit?

Now that's what I call a down-on of one beautiful locomotive - faded non-existent numberboards and all.

The DRGW5354 is shown with headlights burned out as it splits the "jungle" at Davis, CA (Cowtown). Those headlights were out for almost all of the trip and only in the end of the train's trip did ... (more)