A little over seven hours after leaving Denver with Rio Grande train 9, the Yampa Valley, PA-1 6003 points its nose into the setting sun at Craig on Colorado’s Western Slope. On March 5,1966, t... (more)

In 1966, there were only two ways into remote Rock Creek Canyon, between Crater and Volcano on Rio Grande’s Craig Branch in northwestern Colorado. One was to hike along the track from the neares... (more)

Galloping home early in the afternoon at Rocky siding, Rio Grande number 10, the Craig-Denver Yampa Valley, is 35 minutes from a 3:20 arrival at Union Station. Three coaches and a baggage car behi... (more)

Trailing the characteristic Alco smudge, PA-1 6001 and an EMD F7B unit accelerate out of Granby with Rio Grande train 9, the Yampa Valley, on its daily 231-mile trek from Denver to Craig. The bagg... (more)

A reminder of the old Moffat Road, Rio Grande Train 9, the Yampa Valley, climbs through the curve at Coal Creek on its way from Denver to Craig in far northwestern Colorado. On the last day of Jan... (more)

Westbound Erie Railroad train 5 The Lake Cities with in the lead Alco PA-1 856, with EMD E8(A) 823 in two-tone green Erie Railroad passenger colors,crossing the Nickel Plate Road tracks at Cresto... (more)

Water, fuel, sand –- essential to keep the wheels rolling. Here on an October evening one of a handful of workers at the Argentine engine terminal service rack supplies water to a Santa Fe PA-1 ... (more)

The one place on the Santa Fe in 1965, where one could be sure of finding an Alco PA or two is Santa Fe’s Argentine engine terminal in Kansas City, Kansas. On October 16, the 77, formerly 61B, p... (more)

"Nickel Plate Road 190" is seen on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. The classic Alco PA is posed in its current home at the heritage center where it shares indoor space with steam loco... (more)

A nice night scene posed at the Streamliners at Spencer event.

Lots of classic colors were at the Streamliners at Spencer event, and some contemporary ones too.

Lots of classic colors were at the Streamliners at Spencer event.

Streamliners: A few of the Spencer Streamliners lounge in the afternoon sun.

One Year Later: As the Saturday photo shoot began to wind down and was almost ready to close, the fans began to stir: NKP 190 was on the move. It was being pulled from its spot by the roun... (more)

Santa Fe's eastbound Mail Train 4 behind four Alco PA’s pauses at Wichita, Kansas before rushing onward to Kansas City.