These pictures come from the collection of the late Donald Beneke. Many of the color pictures are from the Vanishing Vistas Collection of postcards.
Southern Pacific
Sierra Railroad
Rio Grande Southern
Denver & Rio Grande Western Steam
Denver & Rio Grande Western Alco PA-1 Diesels
Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD F Series Diesels
Other Diesels
DRG&W ordered three of these Krauss-Maffei Diesel-hydraulic ML-4000's. D&RGW and SP were the only US roads to own these rareGerman built locomotives.
Rio Grande Western train taken along the Feather River, California in the late 1960's. Donald Beneke Collection.
Don't first new vehicle. He used it a lot for the photography of trains and many trips to Colorado for photos of the narrow gauge trains, which he used from his modeling projects. He really loved Trains. The photo was taken under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA.	ID badge. Don was behind the scenes in transportation. He was in management at Cat, many duties, time keeper and inventory control and many other assignments. Caterpiller Tractor in San Leandro, California, made the injectors from the Cat engine. They closed down in 1986. Don's hobbies were train photos, making train models and backgrounds. His most favorite was the narrow gauge railroad in Colorado.

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