Eastbound Rio Grande tonnage skirts the Colorado River after piercing Beavertail Mountain west of Akin, Colorado.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest follows the path carved by the Colorado River as it makes track speed at Una, Colorado.

Eastbound coal is making time on the Rio Grande as it glides through New Castle, Colorado.

The Rio Grande had full faith in its ability to get freight trains over the road in a timely fashion. Train 87 left Denver about an hour ahead of the Rio Grande Zephyr, and didn’t expect ... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD45 5319, GP40's 3059,3068,3051 and GP30 3010 are in the lead through Plainview, Colorado. Photo from my slide collection, no photographers name listed.

Westbound DRGW train leaving De Beque along Colorado River

South Boulder Creek is frozen in the January cold, but the head-end crew of this eastbound is reasonably comfortable thanks to an EMD redesign that has made cab and hood on its new GP30 model snug... (more)

As a condition of the UP/MP/WP merger, trackage rights were granted to D&RGW over the former MP between Pueblo and Kansas City. That is why this black and gold mountain climber is leading a westb... (more)

One of the scenic highlights of the Rio Grande Zephyr’s journey was Ruby Canyon on the Colorado/Utah border. One of our desires was to shoot the train there, but topo maps did not indicate an en... (more)

Eastbound DRGW train near Desert UT

This westbound is about 30 miles out of East St. Louis on Union Pacific's Sedalia Sub..

Greater downtown Lumberton

Service stop at La Jara

Climbing into Monero Canyon on the now gone Chama to Durango portion of the railroad. Note the head end brakeman standing outside the dog house on #483.

An eastbound Rio Grande freight curves along the Arkansas River west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, in April 1984. Two EMD SD40T-2s power the train that crossed Tennessee Pass earlier that morning.