Colorado and Utah Coal Train Pictures

The Colorado and Utah Coal Train Picture gallery is a look back at the trains that moved coal to power plants and industries in the West before the opening of the Powder River Basin. During the 60s and early 70s much of the coal for the western US came from Utah and Colorado.

All of the photographs in the gallery are linked together. So to view all of the coal train pictures in this set, start with the D&RGW coal train in Byers Canyon and then click the right arrow at the bottom of each photo page.

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D&RGW coal train in Byers Canyon

D&RGW coal train at Palmer Lake

D&RGW coal train 741 near State Bridge, CO

D&RGW coal train 736 near the Narrows crossover

UP Coalmont Branch

Utah Railway 301 at Martin, UT

Utah Railway coal train at Gilluly

Utah Railway coal train at Rio

Carbon County Railway at Columbia Jct.

SP coal from Utah at the Tehachapi Loop

Gallery

Rio Grande coal