steam-faces-diesel-at-salidahttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/steam-faces-diesel-at-salida/Steam faces diesel at Salida | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20170417.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-02-012022-04-2644000
Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 1138 watches as four brand-new GP9s bring an eastbound freight into Salida, Colo., on the Tennessee Pass line in December 1955. Trains for the narrow-gauge Monarch Branch operated out of this yard, hence the dual-gauge track.
Jim Shaughnessy photo