Denver & Rio Grande Western

Denver & Rio Grande Western [Southern Pacific]
Helper, Utah
September 3, 1995




Helper, Utah, on the Denver & Rio Grande Western, is all about power: power to assist heavy trains over the steep grade up to Soldier Summit and braking power to control trains' descent down the other side. Here, in spite of the 1988 name change to Southern Pacific, is at least one unit in Rio Grande colors in what appears to be deceptively new paint




This page posted 5/1/2019. Text and photo ©2019 Lamont Downs.