The Rio Grande ski train occupies the main line and has pulled up to Winter Park ski resort to pick up its passengers for a prompt 4:15 p.m. departure back to Denver on Feb. 5, 1984. The west por... (more)

With three of his private cars on the rear chartered by happy groups, the Anschutz ski train glides into Arvada, Colo. headed for those skyscrapers of Denver on the old D&RGW on April 1, 1995.

The Anschutz Corporation’s ski train passes westbound through Arvada, Colo. during the sun’s low equinox on Jan. 6, 2007, just two years before owner Phillip Anschutyz would sell the train, in... (more)

Rio Grande’s ski train with newer equipment is only ten miles from Moffat Tunnel as it negotiates the narrow confines of Rollins Canyon near Rollinsville with three of owner Phillip Anschutz�... (more)

In the early morning sunshine Rio Grande's ski train passes the first siding out of Denver at Leyden, headed for the Continental Divide to drop its eager passengers just outside Moffat Tunnel. Th... (more)

With two GP40-2s charging up the 2% grade, Rio Grande’s ski train is a little over half way to the slopes at Winter Park at the west portal of Moffat Tunnel. The unique motor car shed at Pinecl... (more)

A tradition that lasted 73 years out of Denver, Rio Grande’s ski train behind two GP40-2s very quietly slips through Crescent, Colo. on its way home with exuberant but tired skiers on March 20, ... (more)

D&RGW’s three famous F units operated on the ski train only for the 1984 season after the demise of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Skiers on board are probably delighted with the falling snow and not b... (more)

Running with only six coaches and a combine on Jan. 21, 1984, Rio Grande’s ski train is nearing the shortest tunnel on the route, No. 29 which is only 90-ft. in length, near Pinecliff, Colo.

Rio Grande’s “Yampa Valley” Train 10, with extra coaches on the rear for skiers, is in the siding at Winter Park, Colo. to let a freight behind GP-35 3044 hustle on past so that it can pull ... (more)

It was a dusty and dirty job for D&RGW laborers dumping and spreading rock ballast at Tunnel 17 near Crescent, Colo. on June 4, 1984.

After the Rio Grande ultimately joined Amtrak in 1983, its three famous F units served the winter of 1984 on the Ski Train. Afterwards, they spent their final days in ballast work train service ... (more)

Four Fs and an Alco FB get hotshot Rock Island 106’s train rolling south out of Omaha, Nebr. late in the day on May 8, 1965.

Four F7 units get a roll on westbound Rock Island tonnage (and several 40-ft. box cars) out of Wellington, Kansas on Feb. 15, 1970, ten years before the road went out of existence. The second un... (more)

Arriving Kansas City, Mo. at Sheffield Tower, Rock Island’s 328 West heads for its terminal across the river in Kansas City, Ks