Nostalgia & History > Few more DRGW along Arkansas River

Attached are three more shots of the Rio Grande along the Arkansas River east of Salida, Colo.  #1 and #2 show eastbound manifest 142-8 with 77 cars on June 28, 1982, first shot east of Texas Creek, second one west of Parkdale not far from the west end of the Royal Gorge.   #3 on June 21, 1990 shows westbound PBOAT (Pine Bluff, Ark.-Oakland, Calif. trailers, formerly DRGW train 143) near Texas Creek.  It is now well into the Southern Pacific era on the Grande and the power heading up the 58-car train is typical grimy SP except for the lead unit.  At least you can read the number and hood lettering on that one.

Bob

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Good catch, picture #1 &2 with the W.P. Box Car right behind the power.

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Well-crafted scenes.
Bob

A first rate Rio Grande slide set . Thanks for sharing. 

These are great! My son and I just drove US 50 between Cañon City and Salida CO two weeks ago (actually we drove it twice but that’s a story for another day). I showed him your photos and he immediately knew where they were. It was bittersweet for me as the last time I was this way, we chased a train led by a brand new DRGW GP60.

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Fantastic trio! Brings back Many memories:}

When I moved to Colorado the line was still very active. Thanks for the memories and congrats on the IOTD!

BB

Awesome photos, never did get a chance to see this line.

Nathan

Excellent.
JB

Thos GP-40's would rumble in those canyons and you could hear them from miles away.  Really hate it is gone.

Many thanks for the comments!  The Rio Grande sure was made to order for photography - usually very easy access, enough traffic to keep you busy, and crews calling signals including their train number.  It was fun!  

Bob

Nice shots!!

Great shots! I rafted the Arkansas in the summer of '91 and didn't see one train the whole day. Still a fun trip in a beautiful place. That's me on the left (starboard side of the raft) in the middle.

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Ahh, a refreshing day on the Arkansas River - just what I needed on this hot summer day.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> Great shots! I rafted the Arkansas in the summer
> of '91 and didn't see one train the whole day.
> Still a fun trip in a beautiful place. That's me
> on the left (starboard side of the raft) in the
> middle.