Rio Grande Alco PA-1 #6011 and F7B #5712 slowly accelerate from Denver Union Station with the southbound Royal Gorge on November 15, 1958. Photo from my slide collection, photographer Lou Schmitz.

Coming out of the Royal Gorge at Parkdale, the train passes some of the dozens of rafts heading into the canyon. The locomotive was once owned by the CNW and sold by the UP to the CCRG.

Making a short stop on the famed Hanging Bridge, Rio Grande's Royal Gorge will soon resume its trip to Denver