Alpenglow at Parkdale

UP1989: PRUDD at Parkdale, CO departs for Pueblo just before sunrise in the Arkansas River valley before the Royal Gorge.

Sometimes it's ok to shout Reeeeeooooohhhhhhh Graaaannnndddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Just like Tosh.0, but I keep it to myself.

Gorge

Union Pacific 1989 is leading the PRUDD Rock & Rail Railroad rock train originated at mp 171.17 Parkdale, CO with commodity eastbound from Gorge to Pueblo on the ... (more)

Reflections

Silent Code Poles, the Arkansas River, and the Royal Gorge a very Denver & Rio Grande Western story. Union Pacific Rio Grande heritage reflects in the back wa... (more)

On a freezing afternoon, UPs Rio Grande Commemorative Locomotive flies west with ZG2LT in tow. Heres the hotshot ducking under the former CA&E in Wheaton, IL.

UP 1989 leads the MWCFR, as it works up the eastern slope of the Tehachapi Mountains near Cameron.

One of the few bright spots of 2020 was the Union Pacific's Rio Grande heritage special 1989 (SD70ACe) which ran for a few weeks along the Front Range of Colorado. It was a treat to see this spec... (more)

The Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage #1989 spent a couple weeks working along the Colorado Front Range. Here we see it leading a southbound freight through the scenic area around Palmer Lake. ... (more)

Looking right at home, Union Pacific No. 1989, the Rio Grande heritage locomotive, exits Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, leading UP’s MRONY over former D&RGW territory on July 10, 2006.

Union Pacific's Rio Grande heritage unit drags a northbound manifest up the eastern side of the Tehachapi Mountains at Warren.

Heritage at Adobe

The early morning light mingles with Rio Grande history along the Tennessee Pass Route at Adobe MP147.13 east of Florence, CO.

Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe locomotive #1989 leads Norfolk Southern Intermodal Train 22G east to Atlanta, GA., as they pass through Waco, GA.

Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe locomotive #1989 leads Norfolk Southern Intermodal Train 22G east to Atlanta, GA., as they pass through Waco, GA.

Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe locomotive #1989 leads Norfolk Southern Intermodal Train 22G east to Atlanta, GA., as they pass through Fruithurst, AL.

Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe locomotive #1989 leads Norfolk Southern Intermodal Train 22G east to Atlanta, GA., as they pass through Oxford, AL.