Randy Keller photo
Three D&RGW SDs have only 27 cars at Maxwell
Southern Pacific westbound freight along the Arkansas River
Date not approx.
Rio Grande Tunnel Motors 5400, 5360, 5405 lead the infamous ''Dirty Dirt Train'' On the Historic Sunnyside Branch. Number 5360 in the middle is just smoking it up on the two percent grade. By this date and time, it would've been a chance encounter to see three Rio Grandes on train out in the middle of nowhere working beyond their years.
DRGW 5405 waiting at NREX.
Ex-CP SD40-2 #5680, #5810 and DRGW #5405 inside the ship at Praia Mole port.
Ex-DRGW #5405 being unloaded at Praia Mole port. The unit are being rebuilt by EFVM to BB40T-2 model.
Unloading ex-DRW 5405 at Praia Mole port. The unit are being changed to BB40T-2 model at EFVM shops.