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The afternoon light fades as a Rio Grande crew cuts a Christmas tree, making good use of their time spent in the siding at Rocky. Earlier in the week brakeman Jim had spotted the nearly perfect tree near the east switch and promised to get it for his kids if he got the chance. While the engineer...

D&RGW maintenance crews get an early start prepping EMD F3 and F9 locomotives for another hard days work at the coal mines of the Platte Canyon Subdivision as the first rays of a brilliant sunrise hit the ground.

Train 2, the Royal Gorge, rolls into Sedalia for a brief station stop before heading up the Joint Line to Denver.

Lubing the flanges

Grande freight waits for the all clear

Grande freight waits as an opposing train speeds across the diamond.

Eastbound loaded coal drag eases out of the siding at Lehigh Gulch onto the main.

Grande SD7 and CB&Q U28 ready for their next assignments

True love is getting your number boards wiped down...

F3 Makeover

Grande freight blurs by with clear track ahead.

Grande F9 heads west at first light on the Platte Canyon Spur.

Awaiting an Assignment

A full moon in the Rockies is brilliant, but a good flashlight is still needed to check air hoses.

Painted figure with flashlight

D&RGW train crew talks to local cops about recent vandalism on RR property. The cops aren't to serious though, note the coffee and doughnuts!

Westbound Train 7 blazes thru Platte Canyon.

F9 #5774 speeds toward Pueblo on October 23,1965

Eastbound F3 led Freight heads toward the Joint Line