Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's 491 (4-8-2) makes an impressive plume on a bitter cold day as it runs the circuit at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. The engine was built ... (more)

The power for Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local out of Helper, Utah, sits near the locomotive facility on the cold night of December 1, 2004.

As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 �... (more)

Following the Book Cliffs in the Utah desert, Rio Grande’s Potash Local powered by EMD GP40-2 Nos. 3125 and 3117 climbs westbound over Thompson Hill just east of Thompson in July 1984. The four ... (more)

The former Rio Grande North Yard in Denver has an assortment of power on January 7, 2002. Besides the power resting around the locomotive facility, Union Pacific’s South local is led by a pair o... (more)

Powered by a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s, Union Pacific’s West Local switches the aggregates plant at the end of Rocky Spur leaving the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 21, 2002.

Loaded with coal bound for Public Service of Colorado’s Cherokee plant in Denver, Rio Grande Train 702 approaches Oak Creek, Colorado.

Rio Grande empty train 701 parallels the Oak Creek east of Oak Creek, Colorado.

DRGW 3105 leads an eastbound manifest up the western grade of Tennessee pass.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest drops down the western grade of Tennessee Pass. The s-curve at Mitchell was a popular photo spot, easily accessible via Highway 24.

With the Edna mine in the background, Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 701 works through Oak Creek, Colorado.

A consist, including the leading GP30, GP40 3010 and the ex Rio Grande Zephyr F9 A/B set picks up some cars on the Leadville branch.

After their "careers" in the Rio Grande Zephyr ended, the Rio Grande F-Units could be found in freight service. A F9 A/B set is shunting at Leadville on the branch from Malta.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is led by Rio Grande EMD GP40 No. 3079 at the station stop of Grand Junction, Colorado, on February 25, 1988. Because of the long length of the Zephyr in thi... (more)