A rising sun is filtered in thin clouds as the westbound Rio Grande Ski Train climbs upgrade out of Leyden, Colorado, on December 30, 2000. Leading the train this morning is Rio Grande EMD GP60 No... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train curves out of Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 17, 2000. This summer edition of the train operating a round trip from Denver to Winter Park... (more)

Weathered warriors
Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 No. 3097 and Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 105 rest at Grand Junction, Colorado, on June 25, 2002. Both are weathered, worn, dirty, and have ... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3109 and 3105 switch cars at Union Pacific’s yard at La Salle, Colorado, on July 6, 2005. After UP’s merger of Southern Pacific and Rio Grande, the merged railroad’s lo... (more)

Clipping through Kobe: Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 No. 3107 leads the Malta Turn through Kobe, Colorado, on March 8, 1999, on the last run of the local to Malta by Union Pacific. Interesting how “thin” ... (more)

One of the huge losses insofar as scenic lines was the Rio Grande route via Tennessee Pass that carried just enough traffic to keep things interesting. I was working as relief agent at Minturn and... (more)

A rugged section of track between Crater and Volcano, Colorado, on Rio Grande’s Craig Branch is illustrated with this tight loop of track negotiated within Rock Creek Canyon. With the latter half ... (more)

Rio Grande caboose No. 01425 trails the Potash Local westbound over Thompson Hill just east of Thompson, Utah in July 1984. The car has recently had its side windows skillfully plugged by the car ... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3125 and 3117 power the Potash Local westbound over Thompson Hill just east of Thompson, Utah, in July 1984. The four idler flat cars between the three tank cars, along ... (more)

On April 14, 2001, a westbound Union Pacific manifest freight is led by Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5345 as it pops out of the canyon into Pinecliffe, Colorado. Note that the unit ha... (more)

Having been allowed to take some pictures of the DRGW Grand Junction Yard visiting my mother, I captured this scene on a cold frosty morning before the sun melted the frost all over.

A westbound Rio Grande freight led by EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5370, passes the site of Keeldar siding on the eastern approach to Tennessee Pass near Leadville on May 24, 1991. A sparkling C... (more)

It's a cold late winter morning in downtown Salt Lake City. The sun has not even risen above the peaks of the Wasatch Range to the east. The D&RGW train #18 is ready to leave the depot on it's day... (more)

Eastbound Train 126 behind a GP40-2 meets a westbound 775 coal train at Gilluly on the 2% grade to Soldier Summit. Scanned from a color print.

Fresh from Pullman-Standard’s Butler, Pennsylvania plant, one of a string of Rio Grande covered hoppers rolls through Conrail’s yard in Allentown. I don’t know what routing sent the cars east acro... (more)