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Union Pacific, Colorado Specific
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This colorful, comprehensive 154-page chronicle tracks all pre-merger Union Pacific routes in Colorado during the last decades of the 20th century, with rare scenes and anecdotes from those turbulent times. James R. “Jim” Jones’s ground-breaking publication stars steam locomotives 3985 and 844, mammoth DDA40X “Centennial” diesel 6936, rotary snow-thrower 900082, the E9 “covered wagon” trio, and everyday freights across all Colorado branches and spurs. You’ll visit the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific mainlines plus seldom photographed Julesburg, Dent, Fort Collins, Boulder Valley, Coalmont and Greeley East branches, Monfort and Boettcher Leads. See what you’ve been missing! FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
D&RGW Rio Grande Finale
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Summer 2026 delivery expected.
Denver & Rio Grande Western was Colorado’s “home railroad” for twelve decades. This colorful, comprehensive 150-page chronicle tracks the Centennial State’s routes during their final years of black and gold. Catch SW1000s, SW1500s, GP30s, GP40s, GP50s, SD40T “tunnel motors,” nearly new GP60s and plenty of cabooses with rare scenes of vintage F9 “covered wagon” 5771 and her B-unit sisters enroute to their final Colorado Railroad Museum resting place. James R. “Jim” Jones documented trains in picture-perfect landscapes with trackside structures and equipment sure to please modelers. You’ll experience the Moffat Road, locals along the Joint Line, the Royal Gorge Route, Tennessee Pass, LaVeta Pass and the San Luis Valley, with the seldom photographed Craig, Monarch, Leadville, Aspen, North Fork, Montrose, Creede and Antonito branch lines. This ground-breaking publication was released on the tenth anniversary of its companion DVD documentary Rio Grande Finale. See what you’ve been missing! FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
Southern Pacific, Colorado Specific
COMING SOON! Release date TBD.
This colorful 150 pager chronicles the turbulent decade of Denver & Rio Grande Western rails as part of the far-flung Southern Pacific system. James R. "Jim" Jones tracked post-Grande gray and red on the former D&RGW in Colorado and Eastern Utah. Factory fresh General Electric AC4400s lead an all-star cast of recent power, rebuild and second-generation locomotives over some of the most breath-taking tracks in North America. This ground-breaking publication documents the merger-mania and fall-out which unfolded from 1987 into the 21st century. While many disappointed 'Grande photographers avoided this era of great change, Jim buying bricks of Kodachrome and capturing fleeting images of those short transition years prior to Union Pacific's arrival. FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
