D&RGW train #150 is eastbound and in the canyon between Avon and Minturn a few minutes before arriving at the crew change location at the foot of Tennessee Pass.

This F9 survives today.

Westbound climbing the slope

The fledgling Colorado River, before its confluence with the Eagle, the Gunnison and the Green, is still mighty enough to carve deep canyons. A four-pack of Rio Grande SD40T-2s has a coal train of... (more)

For two days crews have been cleaning up the aftermath of a derailment near Tolland, just east of the Moffat Tunnel. Now, on January 30, 1966, F7A 5741 and 5744 ease down the 2 percent at Coal Cre... (more)

Seldom visited, seldom photographed, Rio Grande’s narrow gauge west of Chama had a distinctly southwestern flavor of mesas and buttes. Here, on October 25, 1963, five years before abandonment, K... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande manifest freight descends the grade from Soldier Summit through the horseshoe at Gilluly on March 27, 1977. A GP40-2, a GP35, and three GP30s lead the colorful train with a ... (more)

A convenient burst of sunshine illuminates #788 coal from Cameo as it approaches Dowd (road) Junction, just before Minturn, behind the colourful line up of 5408 and Mopac/UP 6010 6006 6036 and 605... (more)

In less than ideal weather conditions for photography and railroading, no less than 10 helpers cut into eastbound coal #788 at Minturn in late December 1981. The train departed almost on dusk with... (more)

With golden Aspen colouring the mountainside, 5345 and 3033 head downgrade through Pando, from Tennessee Pass, with a short westbound freight in September 1981