Rio Grande SD50 moves Coal at Dotsero, CO

A fresh blanket of snow covers the ground at Dotsero, Colorado.  A trio of Rio Grande's new SD50's moves a coal train out of the Rockies.  There is a chill in the air, as the new locomotives work their way with the tonnage.
Rio Grande earned a reputation as "The Action Road."  It moved fast freight between Denver and Salt Lake City, connecting railroads Western railroads such as Western Pacific with Midwestern Railroads such as Rock Island.  Online coal, however, provided a good source of traffic for the railroad, as well.