Rio Grande Country
Home coming for some Rio Grande heritage west of Pueblo, CO on the old Tennessee Pass Route.

Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) negotiates the canyon between Pando and Red Cliff, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CW locomotives from the Minturn helper pool... (more)

Along the old Colorado Midland
After Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a once-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, ne... (more)

Alpenglow at Parkdale

UP1989: PRUDD at Parkdale, CO departs for Pueblo just before sunrise in the Arkansas River valley before the Royal Gorge.

Gorge

Union Pacific 1989 is leading the PRUDD Rock & Rail Railroad rock train originated at mp 171.17 Parkdale, CO with commodity eastbound from Gorge to Pueblo on the ... (more)

Reflections

Silent Code Poles, the Arkansas River, and the Royal Gorge a very Denver & Rio Grande Western story. Union Pacific Rio Grande heritage reflects in the back wa... (more)

Heritage at Adobe

The early morning light mingles with Rio Grande history along the Tennessee Pass Route at Adobe MP147.13 east of Florence, CO.

Along the Mighty Arkansas

The soft early morning sun deep in the canyon of a cold morning in the Royal Gorge kiss the nose of the Rio Grande heritage unit along the Arkansas ... (more)

Reflecting on Grande History

Union Pacific heritage Rio Grande 1989 is exiting the Royal Gorge near Canõn City, CO.

In the Royal Gorge

Union Pacific heritage Rio Grande 1989 is east of Parkdale, CO deep in the Royal Gorge.

High in the Rocky Mountains, searchlight signals still stand guard alongside the Tennessee Pass Route. Although this route has been inactive for over 20 years, the signals still appear to be in go... (more)

Southern Pacific’s RVSAM freight climbs Tennessee Pass on the morning of August 1, 1996. The eastbound train is working its way out of the canyon between Redcliff and Pando, Colorado, and is going... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train curves through Edwards, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. Located on the Tennessee Pass route, the town of Edwards is about eleven miles west of Minturn in t... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific manifest freight grinds uphill climbing Tennessee Pass and crosses the Eagle River approaching Pando, Colorado, on August 2, 1996. Not only does the train have to fig... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight approaches the east switch of the siding at Texas Creek, Colorado, while following the Arkansas River westbound on Rio Grande’s original mainline route through the Royal... (more)