Special train returning freight cars to the yard for the winter at the Georgetown Loop, crossing the Devil's Gate.
Number 9 pairs with GL 12 to climb across the Devil's Gate trestle at the Georgetown Loop.
Boeing aircraft special, detail from the back.
The 844 is paired for the first time with UP 1989, the Rio Grande heritage unit, as they prepare for a special run to the Colorado state fair.
Newly restored C&S #9 is rolled into the shop to have it's smoke stack attached, and made ready to steam.
On a cold afternoon with UP locomotives 3139 and 3574.
The CEFX 1019 pulled this rotary and it's companion B unit northbound from Pueblo.
Outside the new shop building, the guys get to work in good spring weather. This engine is the subject of the cover story in the May 2009 issue of Trains magazine.
The winter season started on December 27. Here is the business car "Kansas" at the tail of the train on the night before. The station is lit for the holidays.
Assisting the 844 is EMD DD40X #6936, the only one of it's kind still operating.
A rare move with a rotary snow plow and companion power unit headed for southern Colorado.
The red marker lets the engineer know whether the on-board flangers are up or down.
The Potash Local nears the end of this branch line, about 115 miles from the train's origin at Grand Junction, Colorado.
This is the upper end of the line for this 100+ year-old tourist railway. The metal poles are lightning rods to protect the trains during storms.
