Denver & Rio Grande Western Vol. 2, Rocky Mountain Railroading - D&RGW, BN, Santa Fe (1989)

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

I model 1988 and between both volumes it is great to see these consists again. They remind me that my auto racks are too clean. Long live the Rio Grande!

[@CVisionProductions1]

1988 would be a great year to model. The freight cars (and locomotives) were so neat back then. Thank you for watching the video.

[@spacecalander]

I love these, old units and a great variety of them!

[@CVisionProductions1]

We’re glad to hear it! We love the older power as well. Thank you for watching.

[@hanscom0790]

Another amazing upload, thank you again!!! All the beautiful trains with no graffiti, B-units and cabooses !!! 👍. Even saw a blue Pillsbury grainer in pristine condition. Watching from 🇺🇲 Pahrump Nevada 🇺🇲

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you so much! We enjoyed seeing all of the classic equipment in this video while it was being prepared for release on KZbin. Freight cars wore some neat color schemes back in those days.

[@hanscom0790]

@@CVisionProductions1 Yes definitely, even to see the stages of the railroads covering up their auto racks. Even saw a red tank car and the older tank car on the flat bed car. All of it just awesome!!

[@ellisjackson336]

@@hanscom0790I saw that tank on the flat bed in the beginning too

[@derrickwong5337]

Denver & Rio Grande Western Vol. 2 is terrific! Rio Grande volume 1 & 2 are fantastic and terrific!!!!!!!!!! ALL ABOARD!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you very much, Derrick! We appreciate the kind words.

[@derrickwong5337]

@@CVisionProductions1 You're veery welcome and my pleasure is mind!

[@GMCGUY-]

Excellent videos buddy

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you very much! We’re glad that you are enjoying them.

[@mjrodriguez8670]

This is a wonderful show! The Joint Line was owned by the D&RGW and the Santa Fe railroads. Colorado and Southern trains operated with Santa Fe crews from Denver to Pueblo. Many foreign road diesels, such as The Rock and SOO Line, operated on the Joint Line.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you, MJ! And yes, the Joint Line has a fascinating history of ownership and use by multiple railroads.

[@ellisjackson3355]

Diesels from the rock made it all the way down here huh? Nice

[@Jmarley504]

This content is utterly fantastic and I thank you c visions productions for posting this classic footage!

[@CVisionProductions1]

You’re very welcome! It’s our pleasure to share this footage with you. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@DowlBugRailways]

Greetings from the creator of Indonesian trains

[@Nicola636128]

Finally here is the second part! Excellent show!!!

[@CVisionProductions1]

We appreciate you returning for Volume 2! It’s great to hear that you enjoyed it.

[@EYEWITNESS-NEWS]

Nice Catches, Miss the fallen flags,

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you! The Rio Grande is dearly missed. We appreciate the comment.

[@andrewcrumb8027]

It's amazing! The Denver & Rio Grande Western is one of my favorite 'Fallen Flag' railroads!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Same here! We love the Rio Grande. It was quite the impressive operation. Not to mention, beautiful scenery and interesting locomotives.

[@andrewcrumb8027]

30:13 Speaking of locomotives, there's an D&RGW "High Hood" SD9 in the consist. 30:39 And an SW1200 about six cars from the caboose.

[@CVisionProductions1]

What a neat surprise that was! Thank you for pointing them out.

[@andrewcrumb8027]

@@CVisionProductions1 You're welcome. Bob Rivard really outdone himself with these excellent video shots. 48:43 I love the Santa Fe F45's, especially the one in the consist of that coal train. It's wearing Kodachrome paint. That's the paint scheme from the failed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger.

[@CVisionProductions1]

You’re absolutely correct on the SPSF “Kodachrome” paint scheme. It looked good!

[@fakecumberland]

Here we are reminded that a single U30C under load can drown out three C30-7s. And that those all-EMD lashups can really activate the bass.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Yes, sir! U-Boats had a great sound. And those 645-series EMDs really knocked it out of the park when it came to the sound experience. Thank you for the comment.

[@sirblack1619]

Nice to see the joint line at Palmer Lake CO. This was when the line became a bottleneck after Santa Fe removed it's line from Palmer Lake to Colorado Springs due to increased traffic on the line. I wish I could find footage of that portion of the line before it was removed.

[@CVisionProductions1]

The Joint Line has some fascinating history! And yes, there were a few bottlenecks on the line during the days of heavy traffic. My, how things have changed over the past 30-40 years. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@jukeboxdude]

I unfortunately was born as this era of railroading was dying off. The great mergers had already begun or were soon to happen and the legendary locomotives that grew this country were aging out or being run hard till they finally blew up. It wasn't just the equipment that was dying off, but the style and general mindset was changing. The 2000's suddenly happened and the freight scene was now dominated by wide cab SD70s and an unlimited supply of Dash 9 variants. Freight cars were now entirely covered in graffiti and the rare treat of seeing a caboose was now just a memory. Even at an early age I was fascinated by those old standard cab units that sounded like absolute tanks as they rumbled by. Often with paint schemes and names of companies that no longer officially existed. They were usually filthy and sounded tired with different colored panels that resembled cars that had been wrecked and pieced back together to keep them going. I had no idea what mergers were at the time or understood the concept of patching numbers, but felt the need to soak all that in any time a multi colored consist came by. It's strange seeing a common sight fading away and being replaced by something foreign all while life goes on as if nothing has happened. I'm glad that people took the time to document and preserve these memories and even more thankful that people like you take the time to edit and post these videos to keep the memories alive.

[@CVisionProductions1]

What a thoughtful, well-written comment. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We can totally relate to what you’re saying. We miss the “good old days” more than you know. And also, we appreciate hearing that you enjoy these videos. We’ll try to continue posting them for as long as possible. Thanks again, and happy trails.

[@lightspeed4596]

Well said!

[@ellisjackson336]

09:18…jointed rail…Telegraph poles…I can smell the creosote and diesel in this scene lol

[@CVisionProductions1]

Oh yes, classic railroading! Thank you.

[@riogrande5761]

A caboose at 13:10 in 1989. Nice! I only wish the resolution was higher, 1080 would be nice but the only way back then would be film, 16mm minimum. There are a few gems to be found, such as the 50' NP green boxcars at 1:18:1 !!! Still in NP paint 19 years after the merger! I also noted D&RGW 46' GS drop bottom gons in a couple of mainline freight trains at this late date.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Yes! So many classic locomotives and freight cars in these Bob Rivard shows… We tried to include as much of the train as possible in each scene, due to the amount of interest in those classic freight cars. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@Cadian92nd]

Very cool 😎

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for watching!

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Nice footage from 1989

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you, AMP Productions! There was a lot to see on America’s railroads back in 1989…

[@toddpilcher3804]

I remember the days, back when every locomotive and train didn't look the same and we had cabooses. Sorely missed!

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you, Todd. Railroading back in those days was quite the experience. There’s a lot that we miss from that era.

[@azrailfan2717]

Fantastic production. I enjoy seeing the old rolling stock and how things were back then. Especially the open auto racks and trying to see what kind of cars were on there. 3:17 looked like a Chrysler minivan. While the others like at 3:23 were Ford trucks 😎

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you so much! And yes, the older equipment is so neat to see. As you mentioned, those open-top autoracks are especially interesting.

[@davidchapman1519]

Glenwood canyon before I70.. I REALLY miss that.

[@CVisionProductions1]

It looks quite different today! Thank you for watching.

[@sernajrlouis]

Cool video

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you very much! We’re glad that you enjoyed it.

[@gregbowen617]

Thank you for uploading this - I love the Rio Grane and model it in N scale here in Australia! I never knew double stack cars were used on the road - I guess this was after the SP purchase?

[@CVisionProductions1]

You’re very welcome, Greg. And yes, this footage was captured shortly after Rio Grande Industries purchased SP and SSW through a holding company.

[@DowlBugRailways]

Greetings from the creator of Indonesian trains

[@T128Productions]

45:55 A BN SD40-2 with a Leslie RS5T? That’s gotta be a genuine CB&Q classic! *A little out of tune but it checks out*

[@CVisionProductions1]

Yep, quite a few RS5Ts ended up on Burlington Northern units after the Frisco merger. Thank you for watching the video.

[@MrDgwphotos]

Is that switcher at 30:40 dead in tow?

[@MrDgwphotos]

Also, the last unit on the head end is an SD7.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Regarding your question about the switcher, it sure looks like it. And you gotta love DRGW’s SD7s and SD9s! They were such neat locomotives. Thank you for watching the video.

[@colbybrudelie4934]

my only question is why are the U boats if thats what they are not leading the train but simply last in the consist or in the middle of the consist of locomotives

[@CVisionProductions1]

The EMDs were generally preferred over the older GEs. General Electric has greatly improved their product over the years. Thank you for watching the video.

[@josephmauricesornaretnam]

another great video chris. hope you have some footage of steam operation era videos to be uploaded. by the way when did Rio Grande went out of business??/...... did southern pacific merged with Rio Grande ???....

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you!!! There may be some steam in the future. As for the Rio Grande identity being lost, Rio Grande Industries purchased the SP in 1988. The Southern Pacific name was chosen for the surviving company. That’s how SP “speed lettering” came to be. It was inspired by Rio Grande’s final paint scheme.

[@josephmauricesornaretnam]

@@CVisionProductions1 oh i see thanks for the information .

[@CVisionProductions1]

You’re very welcome.

[@LyndonReedsmith]

Is this before or after the southern pacific take over?

[@CVisionProductions1]

Rio Grande Industries purchased Southern Pacific in 1988. This footage was captured in 1989. Technically, SP was part of the family by this point.

[@DowlBugRailways]

Greetings from the creator of Indonesian trains🎉❤

[@CVisionProductions1]

Greetings from C. Vision Productions!

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[@CVisionProductions1]

We’re thankful that you still get to experience those tunnel motors. They are great locomotives! We hope they continue operating for many years to come. Thank you for the comment!