It's 2003 but you would never know it. The employees in Helper, Utah keep the Rio Grande alive as long as they could. D&RGW 5349, 5354, and 5390. near the end of the Sunnyside Branch with a loaded... (more)

In the snow-covered desert of Utah, Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train approaches the ECDC landfill at East Carbon on February 5, 2004. Three Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5371 ... (more)

During an incredibly windy, frigid and hostile springtime snowstorm in April 1984, a Rio Grande coal train led by EMD SD40T-2 No. 5349, is about to enter the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel departing East... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2s pull the LJP45 dirt train local toward a mainline connection with the Green River Subdivision and a westbound trip home to Helper at Mounds, Utah, on the afternoon of... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5349 leads Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest freight at Leyden, Colorado, on the eve of December 28, 2000.

As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 �... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande freight drops down the steep 3% western grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. Leading the train is EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5349, which ... (more)

Five EMDs pull a large Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local onto the Sunnyside Branch at Mounds, Utah, on the morning of November 20, 2003. Rio Grande SD40T-2s Nos. 5349, 5371 and 5390 brack... (more)

Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” passes through a gap in the rocky cliffs that is also shared with the Price River called Wellington Canyon just east of Wash, Utah, on June 23, 2004. The w... (more)

Engineer Mel Baughman mugs for the camera from the cab of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5349 at East Carbon, Utah, on February 5, 2004. Around Helper, these sullied, weary, black locomotives parked o... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande tunnel motors are putting on a show, with the Utah book-cliffs for a backdrop.

A trio of Rio Grande tunnel motors are on the Sunnyside branch with the dirt train. It's 7 years after the merge but the Rio Grande is being kept alive in Helper, Utah.

The “dirt train” out of Helper approaches the west switch at Mounds, Utah, on November 22, 2003. A light dusting of snow has frosted the remarkable textures of the high desert as Rio Grande Tu... (more)

On a bright, late autumn day, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train,” hauling contaminated dirt and municipal waste, passes mile 607.4 east of Wash, Utah, on November 21, 2003. Three Rio Grande ... (more)

With the Green River Subdivision main line in the foreground, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” curves through Mounds, Utah, on the Sunnyside Branch on November 21, 2003. Three Rio Grande E... (more)