A couple nice looking units are in the fueling racks of Roper Yard. DRGW 3144 was part of a batch of GP40's acquired from Conrail, originally Penn Central. Also Southern Pacific 7384 SD40R wears a... (more)
Rio Grande's Potash Turn glides through Seven Mile with 26 loads of potash from the Texas Gulf mine near Moab, Utah.
Rio Grande's Potash Turn crosses a dry wash trestle at milepost 5.9 on the Cane Creek Branch. Today's inbound train has 26 loads of Texas Gulf potash for East Yard in Grand Junction.
Rio Grande train No. 644 departs Texas Gulf's Potash mine with 26 loads for Grand Junction. While I was never fond of the D&RGW's transition from Aspen Gold to Anschutz Orange, the replacement col... (more)
Rio Grande's Potash Local, train #644, heads east along Utah's scenic ruby red slickrock cliffs with loads for East Yard in Grand Junction, Colorado.