In a view from a plateau overlooking Price River Valley where it flows into the intermountain desert, the eastbound Union Pacific “dirt train” curves through the cut at mile 607.35 on the Green Ri... (more)

The last Rio Grande locomotive operating on the Union Pacific in original colors and numbers is seen through the open doors of the small enginehouse at Helper, Utah, on November 7, 2007. Very late... (more)

Twilight for No. 5371
The final Rio Grande locomotive (road number and paint) on the Union Pacific slumbers under the yard lights at Helper, Utah, in the twilight of November 5, 2007.

Old warrior of the Wasatch.

D&RGW #5371 is seen here running out her last revenue miles on her former home rails. The light power has run east from Helper to the Wash siding where the small yard there serves as a staging are... (more)

The very last unpatched and unrenumbered DRGW unit on the Union Pacific roster, DRGW 5371, is a legitimate last survivor as it rolls downgrade past Castlegate near the bottom of Price River Canyon... (more)

The last Rio Grande tunnel motor to work the Helper, UT-based "Dirt Train" leads empties west out of Sunnyside for Mounds where the train will rejoin the main (Green River Sub). As of the date of... (more)

Long long ago in a world far far away, Rio Grande SD40T-2 5371 was just another 'tunnel motor' working on the D&RGW. The 5371 would become the last originally numbered and painted Rio Grande locom... (more)

The 'all business' control panel of Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371 was on display at Ogden Union Station on Sept. 9, 2009. For those in the know, is this close to a stock EMD control panel new in Aug... (more)

After switching Mounds, Utah, at sunrise, the “dirt train” heads toward East Carbon past low morning light and “John Ford movie-like” desert buttes. Leading the train are three Rio Grande SD40T-2 ... (more)

Brakeman Rick Wyers rides the front of Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 while switching cars at Wash, Utah, on November 6, 2007.

The eastbound Union Pacific “dirt train” curves through the cut at mile 607.35 on the Green River Subdivision main line east of Wash, Utah, on a pleasant June 22, 2004. This train was the last job... (more)

A fish-eye view out the cab window of SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5371 near Mounds, Utah, while westbound with the dirt train over the Sunnyside Branch on October 25, 2007. This was last “real” Rio G... (more)

It had to happen sooner or later. The last run of the last "pure" unpatched and un renumbered D&RGW unit on the Union Pacific. Fittingly it was on the Dirt Train local out of Helper, Utah. My frie... (more)

On a warm June 24, 2002, Machinist Gordon Olson does some routine mechanical work on Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 at Helper, Utah.