The Rio Grande Zephyr follows the Colorado River near Burns on the Dotsero cut-off on its westbound journey to Salt Lake City in December 1981, behind 5771, 253, 5762 and 5763.
Westbound #17, Rio Grande Zephyr, behind the usual suspects, crosses a frozen Colorado River, just west of the stop and crew change at Bond and is about to go into the short tunnel at McCoy, on th... (more)
With business car Wilson McCarthy trailing, #17 Rio Grande Zephyr is up to full load as it approaches Tunnel 29 at Pinecliff in March 1982, lead by 5771 5762 253 5763.
The three covered wagons on the point of the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr put on a show as it puts on a burst of speed approaching Hot Sulphur Springs before slowing again for Byers Canyon in Decem... (more)
The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr has just run through Dotsero, the meeting point of the Coloado and Eagle rivers, just before entering Glenwood Canyon, in March 1982.