East bound manifest runs through Glenwood Springs

A GP40 leads larger power on a east bound manifest past the DRG&W Glenwood Springs Depot.

Glenwood Springs is a very popular destination among Amtrak passengers. The hot springs pool, located across the Colorado River and I-70 from the depot, is a lot of fun any time of year! Here, a g... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River as it slows for a station stop at Glenwood Springs.

From my grandfather, Eugene Diller's, collection. The westbound Zephyr slows for a station stop at Glenwood Springs.

A westbound Rio Grande piggyback train exits the Glenwood Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, on July 19, 1990. Three GP40-2 and two GP35s power the hot train.

A westbound freight awaits the passage of the Rio Grande Zephyr in Colorado's scenic Glenwood Canyon.

Just seconds from its stop in Glenwood Springs, Amtrak 5 emerges from Glenwood Tunnel. In the foreground is their competitor for the movement of people - I-70.

A late-arriving #5, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr, pulls into the attractive Glenwood Springs depot which houses a very nice railroad museum. A loaded UP coal train waits to depart on the 2... (more)

A coal empty rolls downgrade along the Colorado River in this scene from 2008.

The eastbound California Zephyr passes by South Canyon just a few miles short of Glenwood Springs, CO. The 1994 South Canyon fire that killed 14 firefighters still shows its scars on the hillsid... (more)

5 Rio Grande units, albeit the third unit is Rio Grande 5399 disguised in SP paint, move a manifest west across Rio Grande's former Denver to Salt Lake City mainline. It was rare to see this many ... (more)

The westbound RGZ approaches Glenwood Canyon from Dotsero in November 1981.

The splendor of Glenwood Canyon dwarfs 3088, 3040, 3033 and 3022 on an eastbound freight in November 1981, seen from across the Colorado river.

Cooling its heels for an westbound meet, a quintet of Tunnel Motors, lead by 5358, sit in the hole at Glenwood Springs with their eastbound coal on a frosty morning in October 1981.