In a line up not ever dreamt of during my stay in Colorado six years earlier, DRGW 3075 3116 and 3057 combine with BN 7166 and 7150 on an eastbound freight at No Name, deep inside Glenwood Canyon ... (more)

Denver-bound 3088 3040 3033 and 3022 head a freight through Allen, in Glenwood Canyon, in November 1981.

Near the start of Glenwood Canyon, westbound freight #71 makes its way through Allen behind 3104 3074 3021 3072, catching a little brightness on an otherwise overcast March day in 1982. This was t... (more)

Slowing for the Glenwood Springs depot stop, 5771 5762 253 5763 get a mottled effect from nearby trees on #17 westbound Rio Grand Zephyr in March 1982.

With a skitter of snow highlighting nearly mountains, 5316 3053 3022 3059 accelerate a Pueblo-bound freight through Glenwood Springs in October 1981.

An eastbound coal, behind 5358 5379 5367 5413 5401, sits in the hole at Glenwood Springs awaiting a short westbound freight in October 1981. An brief overnight fall of snow sits on the adjacent mo... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr has just run through Dotsero, the meeting point of the Coloado and Eagle rivers, just before entering Glenwood Canyon, in March 1982.

The crew of Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr unloads checked baggage onto a dolly during the Glenwood Springs station stop. more)

Attempts to emulate the classic California Zephyr shot in Glenwood Canyon with the RGZ was always made difficult by the RGZ passing through the canyon seemingly earlier in the day to the CZ. Here ... (more)

Close to midday near the longest day of the year, 5771 5762 5763 leads the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr through the west switch at Range on the Dotsero cut off in June 1981

Caught at track speed following the Colorado River at Range on the Dotsero cut off, 5771 displays a few recent war wounds as it whisks the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr towards Glenwood Springs in D... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr crosses the Colorado River between Burns and Range on the Dotsero cut off behind 5771 253 5762 5763 in December 1981.

With the Colorado river down to a trickle due to an HEP diversion scheme, 5325 leads CN 9615 on a westbound freight from Denver through the depths of Glenwood Canyon in September 1981. The CN GP40... (more)

Catching the last rays of the day, 5398 5361 5334 3060 3050 follow the Colorado River just north of Dotsero with an eastbound coal.

At about two hours late at this location, the westbound California Zephyr won't make much time before Glenwood Springs as it negotiates the confines of Glenwood Canyon. Three private cars make up... (more)