Three freshly rebuilt and repainted MK Rail SD40M-2s lead Southern Pacific's Eugene to Chicago Q-train east through Rio Grande's Fourth South Yard in Salt Lake City on May 30, 1994. MK Rail rebuil... (more)

A trio of EMD GP60s lead Southern Pacific's Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder through Riverton on May 8, 1994.

A quartet of clean Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt GP60s lead the hot Denver to Roseville Forwarder through Riverton on May 13, 1993.

A pair of SD40T-2s and two SD50s shove a heavy 126 lumber train east through Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 7, 1987.

A quartet of EMD GP60s lead SP's hot Denver to Oakland Forwarder through Riverton, Utah on April 29, 1994. The two leaders are from a class of three units painted in D&RGW livery.

Two Rio Grande GP30s power Union Pacific’s West Local on the Rocky Spur above Rocky, Colorado, on October 23, 1997.

Rio Grande GP60 No. 3154 leads a 93 car Grand Junction to Roper manifest through Ironton on Sept. 12, 1993.

A fine quartet of EMD GP60s lead SP's Denver to Roseville Forwarder through Provo Yard the evening of July 16, 1993.

A pair of SD45Rs brings Southern Pacific train CIPTT (City of Industry CA to Portland OR Trailers) through Dike, the SP's name for Devore, California. The train is made up exclusively of Swift Tr... (more)

Five EMD GP40s lead Rio Grande train 181 just outside of Spanish Fork Canyon on May 14, 1988.

A couple of tunnel motors are being used to put together the CV Local to run to Price and then the CV Spur to do some local work. These two units were part of the dirt train earlier and are now pu... (more)

Tennessee Pass. Mitchell, Colorado. June 1996. If memory serves correctly this eastbound coal load was one of the first Test DPU coal trains run over the Pass. This 2x2 configuration eliminated ... (more)

Three Rio Grande Tunnel Motors head eastbound through Gilluly, Utah, with a “dirt train” picked up at Sutro on the west side of the Soldier Summit grade. With only five unpatched Rio Grande SD... (more)

Southern Pacific 290 leads a westbound coal train up the twisting 2% Winter Park Hill. This hill remains as Union Pacific's Moffat Mainline... Unlike Tennessee Pass, the fight with gravity still h... (more)

SP166 leads the charge at Stillwater. The grade here abruptly changes from a knuckle breaking 3% too a 'level' 1%. 39,600 H.P. are needed to lift 13,000+ tons over the Continental Divide at Tenne... (more)