2935 2458 2958 NW 1352 1787 depart Clearfield on a northbound freight after picking up loading in March 1982

An eastbound coal crawls out of Fraser on the final leg of the climb to the Moffat Tunnel in January 1982 in the capable hands of 5382 5404 5364 5399 and 5403, with helpers 3125 and 3097 behind th... (more)

In the cold light of an October dawn, the eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr readies for departure and immanent sunrise at the Rio Grande Depot at Salt Lake City in 1981.

A rather clean 5379 leading 3041 and 5322 whine to a stand in Minturn Yard to await the attachment of helpers for the run to Tennessee Pass in September 1981, while strange bed-fellows CN 9600 and... (more)

Complete with stand-in former UP diner, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr exits Tunnel 42 at Radium in December 1981.

Showing the fine lines of the SD40T-2 variant, the last two of the D&RGW roster 5413 and 5412, along with GP35 3039 await the attachment of helpers in Minturn Yard with eastbound #36 in December ... (more)

Another pair of helpers farewell their train, this time 5398 and 5348 have just uncoupled from the rear of a westbound freight at Soldier Summit in August 1985. Another pair of Tunnel Motors conti... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr has just run through Dotsero, the meeting point of the Coloado and Eagle rivers, just before entering Glenwood Canyon, in March 1982.

Some "street art" looks on as CFCLA SD40 clone C502 and GL101 enters Bunbury Street tunnel with Qube's 5MC1 to Harefield and Junee in NSW.

3071 3153 SP7493 SP7534 SP7346 head down grade through Castle Gate with an eastbound freight in August 1985.

In very gloomy conditions, the El Zorro traveling museum hauls its 3,000-tonne grain train upgrade through Kilmore East on its run from Tocumwal, on the NSW/Vic border, to Geelong. B74/T333(da)/T3... (more)

The eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr passes high above some weird silver contraptions at Detour on the way up to Soldier Summit, in October 1981.

The late afternoon sun reflects in the Eagle River and backlights the exhaust of an eastbound freight as 5396 3002 and 3023 climbs through the east switch of Belden Siding at Red Cliff on the way ... (more)

A very short westbound freight behind solo 3114 trundles through Glenwood Springs on a brisk fall morning in October 1981.

Climbing through the new alignment brought about by the landslip in 1983 which produced Thistle Lake, the California Zephyr continues its eastbound journey behind 298 and 234 in August 1985.