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)
Locomotive GDe 4/4 # 6003 in the "Train du Chocolat" (Chocolate train) paint scheme with the regional service 2222 from Montreux to Zweisimmen between Gruben and Schönried.
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)
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)