For my 1000th image accepted on Railpictures.net, I have uploaded a photo of a place I have held dear since I was a young kid. On a bright spring morning in 2006, I was on hand to catch the Rio Gr... (more)

After waiting two hours for the 4-track main to clear of trains, I finally got an unobstructed view of DRGW 5371 hooked up to the UP Rotary Snow Plow in the Cheyenne Yard. Even after 34 years of ... (more)

DRGW 5371, the last "pure" Rio Grande unit on the UP brings it's next to last Dirt Train up the Sunnyside Sub. Just ahead is the East Carbon Development Co's hazardous waste disposal site, the des... (more)

A Profile of Unpatched Perfection. The classic lines of the SD40T-2 adorned in the timeless livery of the Rio Grande makes any camera's sensor happy. Retired on December 5, 2008, D... (more)

The Legend. This isn't one of those faux, Wheeling & Lake Erie ex-Rio Grande units. Nope, this is the real deal, untarnished except for the scars of time. DRGW 5371 came into existence i... (more)

The very last unpatched and unrenumbered DRGW unit on the UP roster, DRGW 5371, rolls downgrade thru Kyune, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD 40-2 had been dispatched earlier from Helper to go west o... (more)

This is the well known Union Pacific LDP45 local, otherwise known as the "dirt train" Todays dirt train was without dirt however; just a run to East Carbon Development to pick up emptys. Lead unit... (more)

DRGW 5371, the last unpatched DRGW unit on the UP roster is eastbound near Colton, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD40-2 were sent west over Soldier Summit to retrieve the 3 trailing GE units which h... (more)

On Friday, Dec. 5 2008, Union Pacific quietly retired D&RGW SD40T-2 #5371 from the active roster, bringing to a close the era of Rio Grande numbered power on the UP. This image was captured in hap... (more)

It's been a few years since this line became property of the SP, but it's still hard to tell that this is no longer Rio Grande territory. A group of Grande T-2's lead an empty coal train back to ... (more)

Captured a few weeks before semi-retirement from regular service, Rio Grande 5371 leads the Helper to East Carbon "Dirt Train" through a cut west of Wellington, Utah. The famous T-2 has spent the ... (more)

A late westbound Amtrak meets the Dirt Train at Wellington.

The days of solid Rio Grande power based in Helper have disappeared. In 2001 there were about 15 Rio Grande units hanging around Helper when I was out there. Seeing 7 of them shoving in the middle... (more)

The world's last true Rio Grande locomotive slumbers away the night on the "West Hooky" deep within the confines of the former western hub of the Rio Grande. Her nose is lit by the headlights of ... (more)