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)
By mid-2002, there were still 47 former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motors” roaming the Union Pacific system, but only seven were not patched (renumbered) or painted yellow. At this time, f... (more)
Just after lunchtime, Rio Grande SD40T-2s leave East Carbon, Utah, passing one of Bo Huff's custom cars (looks to be a Ford product) on October 8, 2004. Until the very end, Rio Grande painted and ... (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 ... (more)
On May 24, 2002, in a vista just east of Wash, Utah, a quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors cross a bridge over the Price River and enter Wellington Canyon. The eastbound “dirt train” (contamin... (more)