I was on my way to Phippsburg and Craig, CO to work vacation vacancies as a D&RGW agent/operator and stopped at Orestod, CO. A coal train down from Phippsburg joins the mainline along the banks of... (more)

Storm clouds are gathering as a coal train, led by a quartet of tunnel motors, approaches Palmer Lake, Co.

I happened to be on Soldier Summit the morning of New Year's Eve 1990 when Rio Grande 5366 and four six-axle siblings lead SP's BNSZT (Burlington Northern to Oakland, Sea-Land) container train dow... (more)

Rio Grande mixed freight 142 rolls east of Riverton on Oct. 15, 1987.