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)

UP Rio Grande heritage 1989 (SD70ACe) leads a freight through Douglas County on the Joint Line.

UP Rio Grande Heritage 1989 (SD70ACe) runs through Nixon, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.

UP 1989 leads a southbound ILTLB at Canyon on the Mojave Sub.

Norfolk Southern intermodal train 206 soars across the Elk Creek valley in Girard, Pennsylvania on a rainy summer afternoon. In the lead is Union Pacific's Rio Grand heritage unit, which ran in th... (more)

Rio Grande Country
Home coming for some Rio Grande heritage west of Pueblo, CO on the old Tennessee Pass Route.

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)