No. 5371, the last Rio Grande locomotive in original numbers and paint on the Union Pacific system at the time, is teamed up with two UP SD40-2s and is being used as a rear helper pushing MNYPV (D... (more)

Before she was famous, and the last operating Rio Grande tunnel motor, 5371 earns her keep as she leads a freight across the Utah desert in the setting sun. Sure do miss taking trips to photograph... (more)

On the beautiful autumn morning of October 6, 2004, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local out of Helper cruises through Spring Glen, Utah. Hardly looks like the UP though, with three Rio Grande... (more)

The weathered nose logo of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5371 at Helper, Utah, on May 6, 2004.

After pushing Union Pacific MNYPV to Kyune on the Price River grade up Soldier Summit, a helper set drifts downgrade through Castle Gate, Utah, on October 24, 2007. The last Rio Grande locomotive ... (more)

Machinist Tony Bueno uses a fusee to thaw out frozen grease caps on Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371 in the small enginehouse at Helper, Utah, on a frigid December 1, 2004. Once the caps are off, he wi... (more)

By this date in 2002, there were only seven Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors still working the Union Pacific system in original paint and numbers. While sister motors Nos. 5349, 5354 and 5356 wand... (more)

A proud display of railroading can be found at the museum in Ogden, UT, including this veteran of the Rio Grande.

As a westbound Utah Railway coal train crosses over to Main 1 at URJ (Utah Railway Junction) near Martin, Utah, a set of light helpers led by venerable Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371 waits on Main 2 ... (more)

On display at Ogden Union Station, a variety of fine equipment sits preserved and under cover.

Heading up the Sunnyside Branch on October 25, 2007, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” is led by Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371, with wrinkled paint and weathered Rio Grande logo still emblazoning t... (more)

A westbound DRGW train has just met an eastbound at Dotsero junction of the Moffit and Tennessee Pass routes east along the Colorado River

Just before sunrise on October 8, 2004, Union Pacific’s LJP45 local heads for the Sunnyside Branch at West Mounds, Utah. Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5371 erupts with smoke as it swings t... (more)

A rising sun brightly silhouettes Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 as the local switches Mounds, Utah, on October 8, 2004. A stark nose profile of a variant of one of General Motors’ best selling l... (more)

Somber gray clouds hang over the Wasatch Range on the morning of January 30, 2003, as Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371 leads the Union Pacific “dirt train” past mile 607.4 west of Wash, Utah. Engineer ... (more)