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Introduction
Equipment of the Rio Grande Zephyr
My Gallery of the Rio Grande Zephyr
Scott Diekman's Gallery
of the Rio Grande Zephyr My First Ride on the Rio Grande Zephyr
The
RGZ on
Thanksgiving Day, 1982
Timetables and other paper Main D&RGW Page
Related Passenger Train sites
Ski Train - Jim's fan site Ski Train
- Official Site Rio
Grande Scenic RR (a.k.a. San Luis & Rio Grande)
Durango & Silverton
- Jim's fan site
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No. 17, rounding the Little 10 curve on 11/07/1981, as seen from the side
passage on our dome car. |
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Westbound between Clay and Coal Creek sometime in early 1982. I wish
I'd kept better records back then! |
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No. 17 Westbound at Plainview,
early 1982 (Dan Adams Photo). |
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RGZ Power -climbing towards Tunnel 1. (Confession: this is actually the Ski Train in
March 1984. But one year prior to this shot, the
RGZ's head end would have looked exactly like this.)
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East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel, from inside a dome. (11/07/1981)
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In Byers Canyon (8/14/1982).
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Gore Canyon on an overcast day (11/07/1981). |
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Gore Canyon on a clear, sunny day (8/14/1982).
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Train No. 18 arriving at Glenwood Springs station. (11/08/1981)
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Approaching Coal Creek, taken from the vestibule of SILVER SKY. (8/14/1982)
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SILVER BRONCO crossing the Coal Creek Canyon bridge. (Jan/Feb? 1983)
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Rio Grande business car WILSON McCARTHY on the tail end
of the RGZ, pulling out of Glenwood Springs on 11/7/1981. This
car was a frequent guest on the train. |
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No. 17 at Coal Creek, approaching the bridge over Colo. 72 in early 1983.
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Inside SILVER BANQUET (8/14/1982). (Honest, we
really
were having a good time!) |
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Overview of the train, on April 24, 1983, lined up at Grand Junction.
This is the last eastbound run. Woody Woodward photo |
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In Retirement, SILVER BRONCO is seen at the Burnham shops in Denver, May 1984-- slightly more than a year after the last run of the
RGZ.
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