While the crew of Union Pacific LJP45 (Dirt Train) does some paperwork at the depot, the power gets some servicing at Helper, Utah’s, one-stall enginehouse. Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 is ove... (more)

Sunrise through a Tunnel Motor
A brilliant sunrise filters through the lower intake grills of two Rio Grande SD40T-2s at Mounds, Utah, on the morning of October 8, 2004.

Last man standing. Less than 2 months after this photo was taken, DRGW 5371 would leave Cheyenne for Utah to spend the rest of its days on display as a museum piece.

Rio Grande tunnel motors 5371,5398,5366 are about to depart Helper with an eastbound in the summer of 1990. The units were pretty dirty no doubt due to the numerous trips through all the tunnels o... (more)

The crew of Union Pacific's 'dirt train' local negotiates switches at the east end of the lower yard at Helper, Utah. D&RGW 5371 has recently been cosmetically restored, involving a thorough exter... (more)

Thirty one years old and still smokin!!! Rio Grande 5371 and company depart the Helper Yard area with the LJP45 'dirt train'. This location, CP Spring Glen, is significant in a couple of ways. It ... (more)

With the stunning Book Cliffs as a backdrop, the crew of UP's LJP45 'dirt train' have begun their day. The first assignment is to retrieve a flat car of containers parked in the lower yard at Help... (more)

After performing a pickup in the old yard at Wash, Rio Grande 5371 leads the eastbound LJP45 'dirt train' toward Mounds with 7 cars for ECDC at Columbia Junction.

For my 1000th image accepted on Railpictures.net, I have uploaded a photo of a place I have held dear since I was a young kid. On a bright spring morning in 2006, I was on hand to catch the Rio Gr... (more)

After waiting two hours for the 4-track main to clear of trains, I finally got an unobstructed view of DRGW 5371 hooked up to the UP Rotary Snow Plow in the Cheyenne Yard. Even after 34 years of ... (more)

DRGW 5371, the last "pure" Rio Grande unit on the UP brings it's next to last Dirt Train up the Sunnyside Sub. Just ahead is the East Carbon Development Co's hazardous waste disposal site, the des... (more)

A Profile of Unpatched Perfection. The classic lines of the SD40T-2 adorned in the timeless livery of the Rio Grande makes any camera's sensor happy. Retired on December 5, 2008, D... (more)

The Legend. This isn't one of those faux, Wheeling & Lake Erie ex-Rio Grande units. Nope, this is the real deal, untarnished except for the scars of time. DRGW 5371 came into existence i... (more)

The very last unpatched and unrenumbered DRGW unit on the UP roster, DRGW 5371, rolls downgrade thru Kyune, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD 40-2 had been dispatched earlier from Helper to go west o... (more)