The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr undertakes depot duties at its schedule stop at Rifle while an eastbound freight, behind 3126 3048 3004 and 5380, uses the opportunity for a meet in September 1981.

Switchers 3003 and 3010 push a rake of piggybacks over the hump at Grand Junction Yard in August 1985 as DRGW and UP power await further duties.

In appalling conditions (but with much needed rain) rebuilt 1952 vintage B class, A77, itself nearly 25 years old, waits with H2 (and H4 at the rear) in the Melbourne Steel Terminal on a railcar t... (more)

The final shot of the day, with the sun almost set, sees quad ALCos 932 931 930 and 937 passing Bostock Reservoir, near Ballan, with 9121 Jet to Adelaide in June 1985.

With the wind blowing the heat haze from the four hard working 930 class across the landscape and the train, 932 931 930 and 937 dig in with 9121 Jet to Adelaide as they climb up past Ingliston, w... (more)

In almost the same spot at James' shot 275296 some 23 years earlier and at the warmer part of the year, DRGW 5401 and 5355 lift a westbound freight up the Price River Canyon at East Kyune in Augus... (more)

The last of 12 VL class built for CFCLA by avteq, VL362, sits outside the factory at McIntyre just before delivery on the afternoon on March 11, 2009. This locomotive is destined for a working lif... (more)

Making its presence felt as it thunders through Avon, west of Minturn, 5413, 5412 and 3039 haul #36 eastbound freight towards Pueblo in December 1981.

A westbound coal train exits the short tunnel at Tunnel in De Beque Canyon with SD45 5322 leading tunnel motors 5363 and 5348, in October 1981.

In a line up not ever dreamt of during my stay in Colorado six years earlier, DRGW 3075 3116 and 3057 combine with BN 7166 and 7150 on an eastbound freight at No Name, deep inside Glenwood Canyon ... (more)

Taken from hundreds of feet up at Gilman, #790 eastbound coal climbs slowly through Belden siding in July 1981, crossing the Eagle River behind 5343 5370 5392 5335 and 5325, assisted by nine helpe... (more)

Denver-bound 3088 3040 3033 and 3022 head a freight through Allen, in Glenwood Canyon, in November 1981.

A cross section of DRGW power undergo servicing between duties at North Yard in March 1982, along with a couple of UP interlopers; a look into the future perhaps?

On their second trial run to Melbourne, brand new hired "Locomotive Demand Power" Downer EDI/EMD-built LDP002 and LDP001 lead dead attached CLP10 and CLP12 on the 7MB7 QRN service from Melbourne t... (more)

Veteran SD7 5303 switches in Pueblo Yard in March 1982