Rio Grande Train 701 passes the Edna mine near Oak Creek, Colorado. After the train is loaded at Energy mine, the four tunnel motors will earn their keep pulling tonnage through dozens of tunnels ... (more)

DRGW 3082 leads an eastbound manifest uphill into Belden siding. A downhill helper set waits on the track along the Eagle Mine. View from Highway 24 high above.

An eastbound Rio Grande manifest pauses at Minturn before climbing the steep grade to Tennessee Pass.

Having started its journey at Phippsburg, Colorado, Rio Grande Train 701 passes through the scenic valley near Oak Creek. The three SD50’s are bound for the Energy Mine with a train of PSCX hopp... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary snowplow OY removes some snow through a curve above Dalton, New Mexico, on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Rio Grande caboose No. 0306 carries the m... (more)

Rio Grande GP30 3011 is descending through the horse shoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon on the way to Denver. 3011 is now a survivor at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden.

Four Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors bring the westbound Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local into Mounds, Utah, on the sunny afternoon of January 30, 2003. The train is about to enter ... (more)

Time is running out for the DRGW 5371. It is seen here along with two Union Pacific SD40-2’s rolling through downtown Price, Utah on its way to Wash siding to pick up its train. Today’s train ... (more)

In early 1984 the Rio Grande gave a number of units to the Missouri Pacific to run off horsepower hours accrued by MP run thru power on the Colorado - Moss Point coal trains. One example is this G... (more)

Three Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors push on a westbound Southern Pacific taconite ore train at Kyune, Utah, climbing the eastern grade of Soldier Summit. Passing the helpers is lone Utah Ra... (more)

Led by a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP60s, the Rio Grande Ski Train rolls eastbound through the cut at milepost 23 east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 17, 2000.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor Nos. 5354, 5349 and 5371 power the westbound Union Pacific “dirt train” local past the stately cliffs just west of Maxwell, Utah, as the train approaches its ho... (more)

A quartet of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors power Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” past mile 607.4 east of Wash, Utah, on February 4, 2003. The train is hauling contaminated dirt and... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight is tucked in Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, for the westbound Rio Grande Ski Train led by Rio Grande GP60 No. 3154 on the morning of Decemb... (more)

A rising sun is filtered in thin clouds as the westbound Rio Grande Ski Train climbs upgrade out of Leyden, Colorado, on December 30, 2000. Leading the train this morning is Rio Grande EMD GP60 No... (more)