RIO GRANDE - HEART OF THE ROCKIES/Conway Cascades Union Pacific coal and merchandise

Union Pacific coal and merchandise trains are seen daily with manned helpers used on heavy westbounds

Western Railway of Alabama

and the massive 1000-foot super lakers

plus a few passenger shots by Everett Rohrer with his freight shots

From the north is the Prosper Sub

RIO GRANDE - HEART OF THE ROCKIES/Conway Cascades Union Pacific coal and merchandiseRio Grande Heart of the Rockies looks at the dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. In Volume I of this series, one of the watershed events for the young D&RG was the conversion of the main lines from narrow gauge to standard gauge, initiated in 1890 during Moffats presidency. Following his departure from the D&RG the following year, Moffat intensified the pursuit of his great dreamconstructing a