A BNSF freight follows the Colorado River through red rock canyons on its approach to Dell.

An eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River near Dell.

My final photo of the Rio Grande Zephyr tested the limits of Kodachrome 25 in the last light of day. As I turned t... (more)

The sun is setting both literally and figuratively on the Rio Grande Zephyr in this view on the Dotsero Cutoff at Dell, Colorado. When it gets to Denver, the RGZ will cease to exist,... (more)

Racing west along the banks of the frigid Colorado River, BNSF 9080 was on the point of a Provo-bound manifest as it rolled through Dell, Colorado. As the short winter day drew to a close, the col... (more)

Following the Colorado River, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr sweeps through the big horseshoe bend at Dell, Colorado, on June 6, 1998. This scenic location is on the Dotsero Cutoff on Unio... (more)

A KCS leader rounds the bend with an empty tanker.

The westbound California Zephyr rumbles through the rocky red canyons of the Dotsero cutoff on a cold November afternoon

Canadian Pacific leads Union Pacific coal at Dell, CO.

America’s sweetheart streamliner, the D&RGW’s Rio Grande Zephyr Train 17 glides along the Colorado River near Dell on May 16, 1970 just two weeks after the advent of Amtrak when D&RGW elected... (more)

After a day spent riding UP OLS special we were continuing on to SLC to see UPs open invitation to photograph their Heritage Units along the way we caught this empty on the Dotsero Cutoff near the... (more)

An eastbound BNSF trackage rights train bound for the Mile High City is seen at the not often photographed siding of Dell on UP's former Rio Grande Dotsero Cutoff. While not the Rio Grande the ora... (more)