Subtle colors and textures are revealed on the center axle of Electro-Motive Division’s popular HT-C truck beneath Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5390 at Helper, Utah, on October 6, 2... (more)
Union Pacific’s dirt train heads west out of Mounds, Utah, over a small bridge on the Green River Subdivision. Besides EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5390 on the point, UP SD40-2 Nos. 3736 a... (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... (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” R... (more)
On the afternoon of May 23, 2002, Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5377 rolls through Columbia Junction, Utah, as part of the “dirt train” power on the Sunnyside Branch. Years of aging and change h... (more)
Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local out of Helper, Utah, is westbound at Bridge 607.28 east of Wash on February 4, 2003. The four Rio Grande Tunnel Motors powering this train are 5390, ... (more)
Rio Grande veteran SD40T-2 #5371 takes a breather on the service tracks at Helper yard. The D&RGW 5371 is more than 31 years old with it's original EMD factory applied paint and road number. Not ... (more)
Just after sunrise, Rio Grande 5371 works the former D&RGW yard at Helper.
For now, the "dirt train" consist still includes a Rio Grande tunnel motor. The sun appeared briefly to illuminate this scene on an otherwise cloudy and snowy day.
The only time the sun peeked thru the clouds all day!
I found a pair of unpatched D&RGW tunnels in the yard at Helper this weekend past . . . the were near the sand tower.
Rio Grande tunnel motors do a bit of switching at Price.
On a sunny evening we see LPJ45, or the "dirt train", heading back west out of Sunnyside in return to Helper. "A Grande day with the Rio Grande"
