An eastbound manifest on the Modoc Line reverses direction at Likely Loop. The train is just starting the climb to the summit at Sage Hen, twelve miles and 880 feet of elevation distant.

Pickup for Silverton...

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train is guided to an easy stop by Brakeman Nick Battelo giving the hand signs to t... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, early on the morning of December 28, 2000. A third EMD Ski Train EMD F40PH is out for maintenance, with Rio Grande EM... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 take Union Pacific’s West local eastbound out of Rocky, Colorado, back to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on October 18, 2001.

Even in Utah desert country, the Price River brings autumn colors to the short canyon between Mounds and Wash on the afternoon of October 6, 2004. Curving through the scene is a trio of Rio Grande... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande freight departs Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1987. A pair of EMD SD40T-2s bracket a newer EMD SD50 for power on the train that is paralleling a nearly empty I-70 ... (more)

Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train local rolls westward from the rotor at East carbon Development Corporation (ECDC) landfill at East Carbon, Utah, on April 7, 2005. The local is led by Rio Grande... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2s pull the LJP45 dirt train local toward a mainline connection with the Green River Subdivision and a westbound trip home to Helper at Mounds, Utah, on the afternoon of... (more)

On October 20, 2022, Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 No. 491 and Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20, both 3-foot narrow gauge locomotives, sit on Track 1 and 2 in the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museu... (more)

Up From Durango…

A near rivet counting perfect re-creation of the 1970s era Silverton train makes its way through Needleton on its way to Silverton on a beautiful October day

An eastbound on the Modoc Line winds up for the short climb out of Mud Flat to Viewland. Once this modest grade is scaled, it will be all downhill to the crew change at Wendel.

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 aims its nose west in the afternoon sun at the Colorado Railroad Museum at Golden on October 20, 2022. The Tunnel Motor still retains its former Rio Grande Aspen go... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP30 No. 3011 sits in the afternoon sun at the Colorado Railroad Museum at Golden, Colorado, on October 20, 2022. The locomotive was recently repainted and looks quite nice!

A couple of the employees and volunteers at the Colorado Railroad Museum recently repainted Rio Grande EMD GP30 No. 3011 as seen at Golden, Colorado, on October 20, 2022. It looks so nice compared... (more)

A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors bask in the lights of the fuel track at Union Pacific’s Helper Yard locomotive facility on the eve of July 26, 2002.