Visiting CN GP40-2 equivalents (GF-430c) join locals 3077 and 3055 at Minturn for creep control evaluation tests in September 1981.

Two DRGW trains get ready to tackle another heavy grade as one of the many mountains in the area looms in the background.

In seriously failing light, an eastbound freight heads towards Belden and Tennessee Pass behind 3008, 3050, 5338 and 3021, being assisted off camera by seven GP helpers, in November 1981.

3119 inhabits the small maintenance shed at Minturn in June 1981.

The hum of dynamic brakes interrupts the morning quiet after a snowstorm the previous night on Tennessee Pass. DRGW 5404 leads a westbound doublestack downhill at 9 a.m. at the overpass just east ... (more)

D&RGW 5508 leads an eastbound as it crosses the Eagle River two miles west of Minturn.

Four GP30s, three GP40s and a GP40-2 make up the helper unit in between turns at Minturn in February 1982 - 3001, 3117, 3025, 3059, 3051, 3021, 3060 and 3002. GP30 3025 was wrecked at the Parshall... (more)

Showing the fine lines of the SD40T-2 variant, the last two of the D&RGW roster 5413 and 5412, along with GP35 3039 await the attachment of helpers in Minturn Yard with eastbound #36 in December ... (more)

Six helper units wait for the their train to be split in Minturn Yard before assuming their position in December 1981. Units in question are 3094, 3065, 3048, 3080, 3057 and 3116.

With the helpers just hoving into view, eastbound #48 climbs between Minturn and Belden, towards Tennessee Pass, behind 5353, 3021, 3064 and 3071 in December 1981

Almost twenty nine years ago, to the day, a piece of bright invades an otherwise dull and overcast day as 5408, 5315, 3046 and 3110 bring a westbound freight to a halt for a crew change at Minturn... (more)

On a crisp winter's day, 5344, 5359 and 3013, with eastbound #42, come to a stand at Minturn for crew change and the addition of helpers in February 1982.

A quartet of SD40T-2 tunnel motor helpers returns to Minturn after helping a train over the pass. Here they follow the Eagle river that flows through the pass. At this time the SP was purchased by... (more)