DRGW 5771 leads the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr at Pinecliff, CO, on Mar 26, 1983.

DRGW 5771 at Glenwood Springs, CO, with train #117. Nov 21, 1977.

DRGW 5370 leads a northbound train at Littleton, CO, near where C470 is today. Aug 22, 1982.

DRGW 5359 leads a northbound coal empty through Castle Rock, CO, on Apr 26, 1982. At the time, Castle Rock had a population of LT 10,000, by 2019, had hit 70,000 or more.

An ex-Rio Grande tunnel motor on the Union Pacific Cascade Subdivision rolls tonnage at sunset, both literally and figuratively.

DRGW 5771 at Glenwood Springs, CO, with train #117. Nov 21, 1977.

Rear pushers DRGW 3104 and 3105 on train #749 at Edna, CO, July 27, 1977.

DRGW 5372 heads east with Train #702, at Hitchens, CO, on the DRGW Craig Subdivision. July 27, 1977.

DRGW 5341 with train #531, an empty returning to the mine for loading. Seen near Energy, CO on Jul 27, 1977.

DRGW 5344 sits at Craig, CO, on July 26, 1977.

DRGW 5353 at Bond, CO with train #742, July 26, 1977

Rock Creek Canyon
Right in the gut of rugged Rock Creek Canyon on Rio Grande’s Craig Branch, an eastbound coal train exits Tunnel 45 between Crater and Volcano, Colorado, on September ... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors power a westbound train with double stacks up front as it approaches Malta, Colorado, on the scenic route over Tennessee Pass on May 24, 1991.

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5401 leads seven Union Pacific and Southern Pacific locomotives as power for UP’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest freight into Tolland, Colorado, ... (more)

DRGW 5771 at Denver's Union Station, Mar 26, 1983.