Incorporating historic colors and graphic elements of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, No. 1989 pays tribute to the men and women of the railroad who "went everywhere the hard way.&q... (more)

The Rio Grande Heritage Unit sits on the Kansas Ave Overpass as it's pushing a UP empty coal train that just got back from the CPKC.

UP Rio Grande Heritage unit #1989 leads the Long Beach to Denver Z at Blue Cut.

The Rio Grade Heritage Unit Leads the I-G4SE toward Seattle.

The Union Pacific heritage unit dedicated to the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, or the "Rio Grande" for short, leads the Long Beach, CA to Spring, TX intermodal east into the smal... (more)

I was able to go out and catch the UP 1989 Rio Grande heritage Unit. It was leading the MWCOG-17. He out on the Lynndyl Subdivision, eastbound at Faust, Utah.

Heading eastbound on Union Pacific’s North Fork Subdivision running out of Grand Junction is an Operation Lifesaver special departing Paonia, Colorado, on June 14, 2009. Powering the passenger t... (more)

Union Pacific 1989 (Denver & Rio Grande Western heritage unit) leads UP's MNYPU into Colorado Springs, CO at first light. This train also had two EMD SD9043MACs trailing 6th and 7th out heading fo... (more)

UP 1989 leads a cement train past the Amtrak station in downtown Austin

The Denver and Rio Grand heritage unit was in St. Paul for Train Days and now is on its way to Iowa.

Swallows Colorado
Rio Grande heritage rolls along the valley adjacent to the Arkansas River west of Pueblo, CO.

Palmer Lake relics and Heritage
Now MIA these charming code line poles are gone. Little did I know in a matter of a month or so after I shot this frame with 1989 in April 2020 the B... (more)

The Morning Fog Lifting at Portland
Eastbound from Parkdale, CO, Rock n Rail train with Rio Grande heritage flies around the Arkansas River bend at Portland. A sudden burst of sun br... (more)

Viewed from the building tops of Downtown Elmhurst, Union Pacific’s DRGW Heritage Unit, UP SD70ACe #1989 departs Proviso Yard (Global 2) in Northlake beginning its journey for Lathrop, Californi... (more)

Heritage Units. UP 1989, the Rio Grande heritage unit, pauses briefly near 38th-Blake RTD station while preparing to couple to part of the railroad's executive train that arrived in town... (more)