Rio Grande Steam Generator 253 (one of the former ALCo PBs), Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) Coach 1011, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) Coach 1012, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) Coach 1014, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) Coach 1016, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan)
Santa Fe SD24 970 leading a freight over what looks like Cajon Pass, 1969 (Al Chione) Santa Fe 1010 heading to Sacramento, 1970s (????)
She's one of, if I remember right, three steamers the Santa Fe held for posterity. She's the last survivor of the locomotives that set a record with Death Valley Scotty's Coyote Special in 1905.
Rio Grande Coach 1018, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) 1018 again, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) The Ski Train coaches lined up at Burnham, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) Coach 1120 "Silver Aspen", Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan)
You gotta love that paint scheme when it was clean and fresh. Great images. Burnham really used to keep up on their equipment. Burnham shops like most of those cars are all gone now nothing left.
Did some of those old arched window cars end up out in California on the Napa Wine train? They sure look familiar. EDIT: Just answered my own question. Yes. http://winetrain.com/train/explore-train/
At least seven of the eight old Ski Train coaches were sold to the Napa Valley Wine train, not sure what happened to car 1012 -Coach 1011 is Napa Valley 1011 "Cabernet Sauvignon" -Coach 1013 is NVRR 1013 "Silverado Trail" -Coach 1014 is NVRR 1014 "Zinfandel" -Coach 1015 is NVRR 1015 "Le Petit Gourmet" -Coach 1016 is NVRR 1016 "49er" -Coach 1017 is NVRR 1017 "Merlot" -Coach 1018 is NVRR 1018 "Chardonnay" Even the lightweight Budd coach 1120 is still around on the Grand Canyon as GCRY 2098 "Colorado River". Companion coach 1121 "Silver Pine" is also still around down on the Austin & Texas Central in Cedar Park, TX.
Two more views of Coach 1120 "Silver Aspen", Denver, CO (Bob Jordan) January 1974 May 1973 (originally listed this as Silver Pine, but that is not so) Dome-Buffet 1140 "Silver Shop", Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) The lineup of coaches, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) A pair o' cabooses, Rio Grande 01450 and MoPac 12417, Denver, CO, April 1974 (Bob Jordan)
Two RGZ Sequences (Bob Jordan) (If anyone knows the general location of these, that would be very beneficial.) December 1974 December 1974
I'd say that's right because the shadows are so long. As I recall, the last Zephyrs left both Denver and Salt Lake at eight a.m. and arrived at eight p.m. And that doesn't look that much like Salt Lake.