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Nostalgia & History > Small But Powerful: Rio Grande's GP40-2'sDate: 10/01/04 14:51 Small But Powerful: Rio Grande's GP40-2's Author: GrandeGold The Denver & Rio Grande Western rostered a small fleet of 37 GP40-2 locomotives built between April 1972 and March 1983. 35 of them work on the Union Pacific today.
In this photo from May 25, 1989, my favorite Rio Grande train "The Railblazer," heads east up the Mapleton Bench on it's 14 hour overnight trek to Denver. Today the 3105 can be found working locals out of Pueblo, Colorado...  Date: 10/01/04 14:53 Lucky Shot Author: GrandeGold I was fortunate to catch this meet at Payson, Utah in 1994. Rio Grande's Tintic Local is headed east up the Tintic Branch to the Keigley Quarry while three UP SD60's head west towards Sharp, Utah to pick up a train of coal...
 Date: 10/01/04 14:59 Love Those Lumber Drags! Author: GrandeGold What I miss the most about the UP/SP merger is the loss of the long lumber drags from Eugene via the Rio Grande towards Chicago. Here train #126 heads east through the Red Narrows on March 20, 1988...
 Date: 10/01/04 15:03 Meet With Amtrak #6 Author: GrandeGold Rio Grande GP40-2 #3116 heads up the westbound "Railblazer" train #103 at Riverton, Utah in June of 1989. Check out the eclectic combination of power with a GP40-2, a GP30, and an SD45.
James  Date: 10/01/04 20:45 Re: Meet With Amtrak #6 Author: PasadenaSub Great pictures of the Grande, as always, James.
Here's the 3116 leading the EB RGZ at Wellington, UT from my only ever trip to Utah on August 27, 1982. At the time, I recall being disappointed not to have F9 5771 on the point, but happy to see the Zephyr just the same. Rich  Date: 10/01/04 22:35 Re: Love Those Lumber Drags! Author: eatontm I miss those trains too as they were tennessee pass trains.... Very nice shots, thanks for sharing them!!
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