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  1. Scenic Line of the World

    Scenic Line of the World

    #683's tender sports Rio Grande's "Scenic Line of the World" logo above the Denver & Rio Grande western lettering.
    • Empire Builder
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  2. D&RGW 2-8-0 #683

    D&RGW 2-8-0 #683

    D&RGW 2-8-0 # 683 sits on dispaly at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden, Co. Built in October 1890 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as D&RG #583, it was renumbered to D&GRW #683 in 1924, she had a long & successful career before being retired in 1955. #683 is the only surving example...
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  3. Rio Grande Passing Through Rowen

    Rio Grande Passing Through Rowen

    Rio Grande GP40-2 #3097 leads an eastbound freight through Rowen in Tehachapi Pass in 1995.
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    • grande pass rio rowen tehachapi
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  4. Rio Grande T-2s through Tunnel #2

    Rio Grande T-2s through Tunnel #2

    A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s power this eastbound train through Tunnel #2 at the west end of Bealville in Tehachapi Pass in 1993.
    • Huskerherb
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    • bealville grande pass rio tehachapi
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Western United States
  5. Huckleberry Railroad's Rio Grande # 464

    Huckleberry Railroad's Rio Grande # 464

    Rio Grande # 464 steams past the water tower on its way past the old GTW Davison depot at Crossroads Village near Flint, Mi.
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    • grande huckleberry michigan railroad rio
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  6. EX DRGW but not a UP

    EX DRGW but not a UP

    Nice to see this unit come to town.In Grande paint. With a red racing strip.LOL!But its better that than a up patch anytime.
    • drgw#1
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    • ex grande rio
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  7. DRGW 134

    DRGW 134

    DRGW 134 out in the sun after moving hoopers in Saginaw Texas.
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    • 134 drgw old rio texas
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  8. Thru the Beaches

    Thru the Beaches

    D&RGW 3110 leads the Santa Cruz local eastbound toward Watsonville Junction at La Selva Beach on August 26, 2005
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    • cruz grande la rio santa selva
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Frisco & DRGW Hoppers - M.J. Scanlon

    Frisco & DRGW Hoppers - M.J. Scanlon

    A double blast from the past as this westbound BNSF train climbs the approach to the Frisco Bridge in Arkansas on the Thayer South Sub.
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    • ar arkansas bnsf bridge drgw frisco grande hopper hoppers memphis mississippi rio river scanlon tennessee thayer tn west
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Freight Cars
  10. BNSF 4845 westbound at Rio Puerco

    BNSF 4845 westbound at Rio Puerco

    I tried a little different angle on this approaching stack train out of Belen, low and away.
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    • bnsf mexico new puerco rio
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Waiting for Repairs

    Waiting for Repairs

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    • grande rio
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Union Pacific
  12. Clean one owner?

    Clean one owner?

    RGS MAIL GOOSE #2
    • drgw#1
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    • grande rio southern
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Union Pacific
  13. Castle Peak @ sunset.

    Castle Peak @ sunset.

    Ex-Rio Grande diner "Castle Peak" now resides at the Joshua Tree Railroad Museum in Joshua Tree, California.
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    • grande rio
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  14. Last Trip Home

    Last Trip Home

    Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches. Commission for library here,honoring a board member who passed on. He loved trains and was from Denver. Three months work here.
    • idartist45
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    • grande rio
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Railroad Art
  15. Rio Grande F9

    Rio Grande F9

    I fell in looooove with this baby.. Sadly I don't think she was an operating loco, the track she sits on is not very long and stops after the 2-3 cars behind her
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    • grande rio
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  16. Rio Grande in Ohio

    Rio Grande in Ohio

    Ex Rio Grande #3045 now W&LE #3045.Kent,Oh 4-04
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    • grande in ohio rio
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  17. New Years Day 1985

    New Years Day 1985

    At rockwood on the Durango and Silverton
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    • and denver gauge grande narrow rio snow
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  18. Passing on Cumbres

    Passing on Cumbres

    Cumbres pass on the C&TSR 1996
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    • and denver gauge grande k27 k37 mudhen narrow rio western
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  19. Cumbres Pass

    Cumbres Pass

    Snowing on Cumbres Pass - Cumbres and Toltec RR New Mexico Colorado
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    • and cumbress grande k27 k37 narrow rio snow toltec
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  20. Hanging Bridge

    Hanging Bridge

    Royal Gorge Scenic's Rio Grange painted F-units make a fitting scene under the famous "hanging" bridge in the Royal Gorge.
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    • gorge grange rio royal
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels



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