Rio Grande EMD SD45 5319, GP40's 3059,3068,3051 and GP30 3010 are in the lead through Plainview, Colorado. Photo from my slide collection, no photographers name listed.

A fast eastbound Rio Grande train with TOFC/COFC and autoracks has just crested Thompson Hill east of Thompson, Utah, in July 1984. EMD SD45 No. 5319 leads three GP40s as power for the train that ... (more)

Cresting Thompson Hill
Rio Grande SD45 No. 5319 leads three more EMDs as the fast eastbound piggyback train crests Thompson Hill, just east of Thompson, Utah, in July 1984.

A trio of SD45s await their next helper duites at Minturn Yard in December 1981. The rear helper off an earlier eastbound coal, 5319, 5318 and 5339 had run back light from Kobe, south of Leadville... (more)

A westbound empty coal passes under the I70 at Dowd Junction, just west of Minturn, behind 5319 and 3056 in September 1981.

Surprise! look what's at North yard! Another 4 rolls of K25 gone....