DRGW 3088 is 1 of 2 on a helper set at Plainview, CO, on Dec 10, 1982.
Sure, it's seen better days, but finding a Rio Grande-painted unit years after that railroad disappeared into the Southern Pacific, and then the SP disappeared into the Union Pacific, is always a ... (more)
The splendor of Glenwood Canyon dwarfs 3088, 3040, 3033 and 3022 on an eastbound freight in November 1981, seen from across the Colorado river.
Rio Grande manifest led by GP40-2 3088 climbs Cedar Hill in the Utah desert this location is west of Woodside on the Rio Grande mainline. Oh how I miss the Rio Grande. Scanned from a Kodachrome sl... (more)
Denver-bound 3088 3040 3033 and 3022 head a freight through Allen, in Glenwood Canyon, in November 1981.
About 3 months after UP-SP merger.