Denver and Rio Grande Western’s Malta Turn is dropping through Pando, Colorado, on the way down the 3-percent grades of Tennessee Pass on July 9, 1985. The six-car train is led by a pair of EMD ... (more)

A southbound Denver and Rio Grande Western coal train crests the grade at Palmer Lake, Colorado, on February 24, 1986. Three SD50s power the train led by No. 5501, and soon, the train will roll to... (more)

Tunnel Motor at Minturn
In July 1984, a westbound Rio Grande coal train waits for a new crew in the yard at Minturn, Colorado, at the western foot of Tennessee Pass.

A coal train drops downgrade at the old Mitchell siding location just west of Tennessee Pass, Colorado, in July 1984. Denver & Rio Grande Western SD40T-2 No. 5409 leads four Missouri Pacific SD40-... (more)

On the Tennessee Pass route, three D&RGW GP40-2's have Tempo ski train cars in tow along the Arkansas River through Brown Canyon near Salida, Colo. The cars were lettered "Pacific Rim RR" and we... (more)

Rio Grande’s Creede Local switches the mill at South Fork, Colorado, on the eve of a July 1984 summer day in the far western edge of the San Luis Valley. D&RGW GP30 No. 3010 pauses while spottin... (more)

It was business as usual on Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge on June 1, 1966, as Class K-37 498 and mid-train helper 488 lift westbound tonnage of asphalt, drilling mud and pipe through... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande freight has finished climbing Tennessee Pass on July 9, 1985 and is crossing the open park just south of the former siding location of Keeldar, Colorado. A Southern Pacific... (more)

A Rio Grande coal train heads eastbound along the Arkansas River just east of Spikebuck, Colorado, in April 1984. Tunnel Motor No. 5362 leads Missouri Pacific SD40-2s Nos. 6021 and 6003 on this in... (more)

A westbound work train has just passed beneath the 10th Mountain Division Memorial Highway at Pando on Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass mainline. Note that more than a dozen workers with hardhats are r... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande freight passes the site of Keeldar siding on the eastern approach to Tennessee Pass, Colorado, on May 24, 1991. The Continental Divide is in the background and still has an ... (more)

D&RGW Train #2, the "Royal Gorge," led by F-7 5574 near Cotopaxi has been reduced to two cars on it's daily run back to Denver from Salida, Colo. on March 12, 1967. The continental divide domin... (more)

Narrow gauge Class K-37 498 leads a D&RGW westbound freight around the lower level of Big Horn (Colo.) loop while K-36 class 488 assists mid-train lifting the usual tonnage of asphalt, drilling m... (more)

An FRA track geometry test train has stopped at the west end of Rio Grande's Thistle Yard. D&RGW business car 'Wilson McCarthy' is along for the ride, spotted near the location of 1983's mudslide ... (more)

DRGW freight working near Salida, CO.Editorial Note: Thanks to Ron Flanary for the caption assistance.