On a frosty December morning in 1974, the Rio Grande Zephyr makes its first station stop out of Salt Lake City, during its 575 mile journey east to Denver.
On the morning of the Bicentennial of the United States of America, the Rio Grande Zephyr heads east into Spanish Fork Canyon during its journey from Salt Lake City to Denver.
By the early 1980s, the Rio Grande Zephyr was losing money. To reduce costs, the D&RGW was looking for ways to economize. By the summer of 1982, they tested alternative power arrangements to reduc... (more)
Due to a massive landslide that closed the D&RGW mainline at Thistle, the Rio Grande Zephyr's final run from Salt Lake City to Denver detoured via Union Pacific's Overland Route through Wyoming. W... (more)
A Trailways Silver Eagle coach, running as a substitute for the last run of the Rio Grande Zephyr, makes a station stop at Provo, Utah on the morning of April 24, 1983. Due to the Thistle landslid... (more)
A perfect spring day in Spanish Fork Canyon finds the Rio Grande Zephyr traveling east on its 14 hour journey from Salt Lake City to Denver on March 11, 1979.
A 'celluloid selfie' taken with my dad in Spanish Fork Canyon in Oct. 1975.
Frosty ties, stainless steel, and F9s
With the 'Wilson McCarthy' business car on the rear, the Rio Grande Zephyr departs Provo station for Helper, Price, Green River, and points east. July 13, 1976
The silver streamlined beauty of the Rio Grande Zephyr slows to a stop at the Provo passenger station the morning of Aug. 8, 1976. Oh to board a luxury cruise train such as this once again. Where ... (more)
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 has successfully crossed 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on a wintry March 6, 1977 morning.
A little less than 38 years ago, the Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 crests 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on March 27, 1977.
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 is a few minutes from its regular station stop at Helper as it passes Castle Gate on Dec. 17, 1978.
Hanging out a Dutch Door on the Rio Grande Zephyr.
The overhead slide detector fences are ever vigilant as eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr Train 18 negotiates one of the most rugged canyons in Colorado — awesome Gore Canyon. The canyon was named a... (more)
