The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW tunnel motor #5401 (SD40T-2) looks quite at home in the snow as it falls fast in Golden, Colorado.

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 aims its nose west in the afternoon sun at the Colorado Railroad Museum at Golden on October 20, 2022. The Tunnel Motor still retains its former Rio Grande Aspen go... (more)

A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors bask in the lights of the fuel track at Union Pacific’s Helper Yard locomotive facility on the eve of July 26, 2002.

A Full-Size "Model Railroad." How many of us had a 4 x 8 HO train layout in the basement when we were younger? Mine looked a lot like this - a mix of old and new railroad equi... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado continues to cosmetically restore their two diesel veteran DRGW units; 5401 (SD40-T2) and 3011 (GP30).

In my opinion the coolest locomotive ever built ... or at least Top 5. I'm glad we've saved a couple of them.

Here we see three of the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad engines, including DRGW 5401 (SD40T-2), DRGW 3011 (GP 30) and the tender of DRGW 683 (Baldwin 2-8-0 locomot... (more)

Thanks to the dedicated team at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Denver & Rio Grande Western #5401 has for the first time in decades the classification lights installed. These are the single lights ... (more)

Early Union Pacific locomotive consists on Colorado’s former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel line could be colorful as seen on April 2, 2001. Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 leads UP and Southern Pacif... (more)

An empty "Dirt Train" returns from the disposal site in East Carbon, UT. The train is making good time heading west back to Helper, UT on UP's Green River Sub behind a matched set of th... (more)

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)

The Colorado Railroad Museum has restored DRGW 5401 (SD40-T2) to her true heritage, having removed any UP patches or decals. With the correct number boards and numbering on the side of the cab, i... (more)

DRGW 5401 seems to be right at home at the Colorado Railroad Museum. A peeling UP patch with number 9871 still adorns the sides of the cab, but the number boards were thankfully backdated to refl... (more)

Leading seven Union Pacific and Southern Pacific locomotives, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5401 heads Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest freight into Tolland, Col... (more)

Aiming into the late evening sun on October 15, 2001, is Rio Grande “Tunnel Motor” No. 5401 leading Union Pacific freight MDVRO at Rollins, Colorado. The power included 7 AC4400CWs in both UP ... (more)