DRGW 5377 leads an eastbound merchandise train through Plainview, CO, Dec 1988.

A westbound empty coal train pulls out of the passing siding at Cliff.

A single Espee tunnel motor helps four DRGW sisters with a westbound freight leaving Grand Junction for the emptiness of eastern Utah.

SP's hot DVOAF climbs west through Castle Gate on Aug. 21, 1992.

SP's well powered DVOAF makes easy work of climbing the 2.3% grade through Price Canyon on Aug. 21, 1992. The 43 car train has seven loads of Coors Beer and mix of piggyback trailers and container... (more)

Rio Grande's 179 auto train climbs westward approaching Soldier Summit on April 22, 1989. The power combo includes D&RGW 5377 and SP 8521 (SD40T-2), NS C39-8 No. 8635 and GECX B40-8 No. 8002.

With seven box cars of Coors beer from Golden, SP's Denver, CO to Oakland, CA Forwarder glides downgrade through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

SP's hot Denver, CO - Oakland, CA Forwarder meets an eastbound manifest with a helper tied to the rear at the west end of Kyune.

On the afternoon of May 23, 2002, Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5377 rolls through Columbia Junction, Utah, as part of the “dirt train” power on the Sunnyside Branch. Years of aging and change h... (more)

A quartet of Tunnel Motors, 5377, 5390, 5389 and 5349, meet the Arkansas River near Texas Creek on westbound #787 coal empties in March 1982.

DRGW 5377 and three sisters are almost to the junction at Mounds with, what was then a M-S operation, the dirt train. This was fantastic place to catch the remaining Rio Grande power in action. Oh... (more)

With the owner of the property more than apparent, four Tunnel Motors (5377 5390 5389 5349) run #787 westbound empty coal through Spikebuck, east of Texas Creek, in March 1982.

Westbound empty coal #787, behind 5377 5390 5389 and 5349, approaches Florence, west of Pueblo, heading for Tennessee Pass and beyond, in March 1982.

A westbound empty coal from Pueblo, behind 5377 5390 5389 and 5349, runs through open ground near Salida on the Tennessee Pass line in March 1982.

A manifest near Helper Utah.