Union Pacific's Denver to Grand Junction manifest M NYGJ winds along the banks of the Colorado River as it heads west and approaches Rifle, Colorado. While clouds have descended and covered the mountain peaks in the background, the sun is shining here as the train runs through the wide valley of the river.
Coal and steel don't go bad. This album features long, slow, heavy freight trains; drag freights, slop freights, dead freights, etc. Trains with lots of power, and lots of different cargo slogging along behind.