Heading South down the N. Fork Branch and along the Gunnison River, UP 7237 leads an empty coal train heading to the W. Elk mine which is located at the end of this line. The Grand Mesa is seen in... (more)
The Minturn Local has just cleared the yard at Grand Jct. and "pours it on" as it accelerates Eastbound, heading towards Lacy.
The final Rio Grande Zephyr has arrived at Grand Junction, Colorado, but there is no hurry to service the locomotives. Due to a huge mudslide that has severed the Rio Grande main line at Th... (more)
A Union Pacific eastbound manifest with SD70ACe # 8336 shoving in the rear in the Ruby Canyon of the Colorado River, seen from Knowles Canyon Overlook near Utaline.
The WB California Zephyr has arrived for its crew change in Grand Junction.
On a 100 degree July morning, the station work has been completed, the operating crews changed, and the EB California Zephyr is about to depart Grand Junction for Denver and Chicago.
For the second time, CREX #1328 found its way onto the point of a Union Pacific loaded coal train out in Colorado! Seen here at Milepost 4 on the N. Fork Branch approaching Grand Jct.
Departing out of Grand Junction, the Missouri Pacific Heritage engine is just starting the journey down the North Fork Branch with an empty coal train heading for the W. Elk Mine. The Book Cliffs... (more)
Union Pacific #5886 is just departing Grand Jct. and is heading South down the N. Fork Sub. heading to the W. Elk coal mine. Mt. Garfield is in shadows in the background as "dry" thunder... (more)
Amtrak’s California Zephyr makes its station stop at Grand Junction, Colorado, on the afternoon of February 5, 2018. On the rear of No. 5 this day is California Zephyr dome-observation “Silver... (more)
Lunch is long over, and the Silver Banquet is ready for the first call to dinner on the Rio Grande Zephyr.
Two months before the train was discontinued, the Rio Grande Zephyr is serviced at Grand Junction.
GRAND JUNCTION CO March 8 1980 -- The Rio Grande Zephyr makes a station stop for passengers, crew change and servicing.
The Rio Grande Zephyr is serviced at Grand Junction in February 1983. The train was discontinued two months later.
Three Rio Grande GP9’s idle in the classification yard at Grand Junction, Colorado. Normally these units would be busy working, but these are unusual times. A landslide in Thistle, Utah has seve... (more)
