An eastbound Rio Grande PA-1 6013 on the point of the standard two car consist, the "Yampa Valley Mail" in a Blizzard at Winter Park, Colorado on January 19, 1962. Photo by H.F. Wagner,... (more)

Rio Grande PA 6003 and F7 5531 leads Train No.1 the southbound ROYAL GORGE, as it begins its trip on the joint line at South Denver Junction in June 1965. Photo by Al Holtz, from my collectio... (more)

A blue and yellow freight F7 the 254, is replacing the usual E8M on the No.191, the Denver to LaJunta passenger train as it passes Littleton on November 11, 1970. It is near the end of Santa Fe p... (more)

Right on time, the overnight Chicago to Denver "Denver Zephyr" approaches Denver's Union Station with three CB&Q E9A's in the lead, on March 8, 1967. From my slide collection, Photo by ... (more)

Just one Alco unit 6011 and two passenger cars, made up the Denver to Craig "Yampa Valley Mail" leaving Denver on March 4, 1962. From my slide collection, Photo by Gordon B. Mott.

Santa Fe E8M 81 leads the Denver-LaJunta Train 191 at Colorado Springs, Colorado in August 1968. Santa Fe E8M 81 was rebuilt by EMD in 1953 from a 1937 model EMC E1A #4. Santa Fe owned the enti... (more)

Rio Grande Alco PA-1 #6011 and F7B #5712 slowly accelerate from Denver Union Station with the southbound Royal Gorge on November 15, 1958. Photo from my slide collection, photographer Lou Schmitz.

Union Pacific's City of Portland leaves Denver headed west, as it passes four CB&Q E's which have just delivered the California Zephyr from Chicago to Denver, heading to the 23rd Street engine te... (more)

This is one of my father's earliest pictures in Denver. PA-1 6003 leads a PB-1 on a passenger train at Denver Union Station circa 1960. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

I was just a kid and using my father's Voigtlander camera on occasion. We were fortunate to see Rio Grande No.1, the "Royal Gorge", as it made its scheduled stop in the depths of the Ark... (more)

The two flagships and standard bearers of the Santa Fe Ry., the Chief and the Super Chief meet at Trinidad, Colo. on May 10, 1967. The combined Super Chief / El Capitan, with a working RPO, had ... (more)

This F9 survives today.

A U28CG, an FP45 and two F45’s lift Santa Fe’s combined Super Chief - El Capitan around Wootton Ranch curve in Colorado headed up to the highest point on the AT&SF Ry. at Raton Pass, 7588-ft. ... (more)

Charging west of La Junta, Colo. at Benton behind two new FP-45’s is Santa Fe’s Train 17 combined El Capitan / Super Chief hell bent for Raton Pass and then on to California, Sept. 10, 1968.

A GE U-28-CG, an FP-45 and two F-45’s tow the 19 cars of Santa Fe’s combined El Capitan / Super Chief Trn. 17 up Raton Pass near Starkville, Colo. on August 1, 1970. The first car is a steam ... (more)