When UP and MP merged, a decision was made to pull most through traffic off the former MP line to Pueblo. That reduction was offset by Rio Grande (and later SP) trains running on rights between P... (more)

Westbound DRGW train near Mesa

An abbreviated Rio Grande train #187 rolls west through Geneva with 16 cars and a caboose. The 187 is slowing to meet the 'Railblazer', train #102 at Pipe Mill, the west end of 83 miles of two mai... (more)

While the afternoon switcher works the drill track, a westbound manifest sets out its train at Rio Grande's Provo Yard. One of the benefits to photographing trains in the Provo area are the incred... (more)

A hiker stops to watch the empty Ski Train climb out of Fraser on its way from Tabernash to Winter Park on cold February day just over 28 years ago. Power for the day was 3118 and 3124, with heat ... (more)

Eastbound #100 makes its way between Tolland and Rollinsville behind 3118, 3021, 3080, 3059 and 3116 in October 1981.

One DRGW, SP, and two IC priceless.

A crew member walks to the west switch of the wye at Tabernash as 3118 and 3124 and the Ski Train reverses out onto the siding, prior to running up to Winter Park to pick up weary skiers in Februa... (more)

As the sun gets low in the winter sky, 3118 and 3124 with the return Ski Train wait for their passengers to board at Winter Park, just outside of the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel, in February ... (more)

Having a just chased the eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr from the Front Range to near the Moffat Tunnel, a chance meeting at Tolland with a fellow photographer netted the line up for the day. After bi... (more)

An eastbound freight bursts out onto the plains at Tabernash in January 1982 behind 3118 3084 3083, all in large Rio Grande lettering.

The hottest trains on the D&RGW in 1987 were the 'Railblazer' sprint trains. Here the eastbound variant (train #102) hauls piggyback trailers up the Mapleton Bench just east of Springville, Utah. ... (more)

A quintet of Geeps bring eastbound #100 carefully downgrade through Rollinsville from the Moffat Tunnel in October 1981. Successfully beating the approaching "puffy" are 3118 3021 3080 3059 3116