The day after Christmas, 1981, finds the westbound RGZ snaking through the frozen depths of Glenwood Canyon at No Name, not far from the western end of the canyon and the next stop, Glenwood Sprin... (more)

In September 1985, an eastbound freight climbs up through Mitchell, on the Tennessee Pass line, behind 5409 3057 5372 and 3086, all cab ahead. Just visible in the exhaust of the head end power are... (more)

An eastbound coal off the Craig branch approaches State Bridge behind 5367 5377 5359 5412 and 5364 in February 1982.

Substituting for one of the F9B units, 3105 pilots 5771 on the westbound RGZ through Byers Canyon in August 1981.

Eastbound #32 begins its attack on the climb to Tennessee Pass behind 3105 3004 3114 and 3011, with another six GPs as mid-train helpers, just out of Minturn in January 1982.

The photographers last ever encounter with the Rio Grande Zephyr finds the westbound service accelerating towards Parshall from the 20 mph restriction of Byers Canyon in early April 1982.

With the front end well inside Minturn Yard, the rear end helpers of 5375 5370 and 5405 on #788 eastbound coal from Cameo, near Grand Junction, are about to slip under the I70 at Dowd (road) Junct... (more)

Between Dotsero and Range, on the Dotsero Cut-off, an eastbound freight skirts the Colorado River behind 5430 3066 and 3074 in June 1981. This was the photographers first visit to this line and ju... (more)

Heading into a snowstorm at Tolland, which would become a white-out by the time the Moffat Tunnel was reached a few miles away, 3099 and 3123 head the Rio Grande Ski Train towards its destination ... (more)

Rio Grande business car Wilson McCarthy trails the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr out of Denver Union Terminal on a clear March day in 1982.

On a bitterly cold and overcast day, when sky, snow and river merged into one, an eastbound coal behind 5396 5393 and 5383 finds itself in the hole at Radium, west of Kremmling, for a meet with th... (more)

Having "chased" the eastbound Zephyr from Clay, along the dirt road to Plainview, and making the shot just in time, the photographer was somewhat concerned to see a following Arapahoe deputy sheri... (more)

The eastbound RGZ is about to cross under the I70 and back into civilisation at Mack, just west of Grand Junction, in October 1981. The photographer had followed the train from Thistle, UT to just... (more)

With the sound of the dynamics reverberating through the canyon, 5381 5389 5404 5400 and 5376 ease their westbound 100 empty coal cars downgrade through Red Cliff on the way down from Tennessee Pa... (more)

Westbound empty coal #787, behind 5377 5390 5389 and 5349, approaches Florence, west of Pueblo, heading for Tennessee Pass and beyond, in March 1982.