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Ethanol Train Comes Into Town.....

A BNSF Cheyenne, Wyoming to Brownwood, Texas Ethanol Train, (U-CHEBWW1-11a), is seen coming into Longmont, Colorado. Copyright 2007 By SD70ACe9370
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- Sep 11, 2007
- bnsf brownwood c44-9w cheyenne colorado ethanol longmont
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- Category: Western United States
D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762

D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762 sit under some partly cloudy skies at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden. LOCATION: Golden, Co RAILROAD: Denver & Rio Grande Western LOCOMOTIVE/TRAIN: EMD F9A & F9B DATE: August 2007
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- Aug 17, 2007
- #5762 #5771 & 5762 5771 co colorado d&rgw denver emd f9a f9b golden grande museum rail rio western
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
Inside the Coors SW7

Sunlight reflects off of the control stand of Coors SW7 #C988. It was donated to the Colorado Rail Museum after it collision in 2000
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- Aug 17, 2007
- #c988 2000 c988 cab co collision colorado control coors emd golden museum rail stand sw7
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
F9A #5771

D&RGW F9A #5771 sits under sunny skies at the Colorado Rail Museum.
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- Aug 17, 2007
- #5771 & 5771 co colorado d&rgw denver emd f9a golden grande museum rail rio western
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
Inside the cab of #683

1st off, sorry about the glare coming in from the windows. 2nd off, this is a pic. of the boiler & engineer's controls inside the cab of D&RGW #683
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- Aug 14, 2007
- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
Hanging out the window

This is the view hanging out the side window on the engineer's side of #683.
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- Aug 14, 2007
- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
Engineer's view

This is the view out the front window from the engineer's "seat" of D&RGW #683
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- Aug 14, 2007
- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
Scenic Line of the World

#683's tender sports Rio Grande's "Scenic Line of the World" logo above the Denver & Rio Grande western lettering.
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- Aug 14, 2007
- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
D&RGW 2-8-0 #683

D&RGW 2-8-0 # 683 sits on dispaly at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden, Co. Built in October 1890 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as D&RG #583, it was renumbered to D&GRW #683 in 1924, she had a long & successful career before being retired in 1955. #683 is the only surving example...
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- Aug 14, 2007
- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
- Comments: 2
- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
Working The Grade

Photographed in December of 2006 at the Colorado Railroad Museum during there Santa Clause Special of ex Georgetown Loop RR engine 40 now at home at the museum.
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- Aug 8, 2007
- colorado museum railroad
- Comments: 6
- Category: Editor's Favorite Photos
Great Western Rwy. GP20M 5625 at Fort Collins,CO.

Great Western Railway GP20M-Q 5625 (former EMD demonstrator) returns from the Budweiser plant and approaches North Yard in Fort Collins,CO. (10.03)
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- Sep 3, 2006
- collins colorado fort gp20 gwrr
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- Category: Western United States
On the Front Range

BN 5591 parked on the siding next to the livestock loading chute in Greenland.
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- Oct 15, 2005
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- Category: Western United States
Colorado&Southern Freight House

Refurbished former Colorado & Southern Ry. Freight House in Fort Collins,CO. 9-18-05
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- Sep 27, 2005
- collins colorado depots fort
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Spectacular Colorado River Canyon

The California Zephyr rolls eastward in a scenic canyon along the Colorado River at Burns, Colo., en route to Denver. Elite Chrome 100.
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- Apr 17, 2005
- amtrak bond burns colorado dotsero glenwood zephyr
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- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
Train Along the Colorado River

Eastbound California Zephyr along the Colorado River east of Dotsero near Burns, en route to Denver. Elite Chrome 100.
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- Apr 17, 2005
- amtrak bond burns colorado dotsero glenwood zephyr
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- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
Through Glenwood Canyon

Eastbound California Zephyr rounds a curve along the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon. Just east of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and west of rest area. Shot from narrow edge of I-70.
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- Feb 24, 2005
- amtrak canyon colorado glenwood grizzly zephyr
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- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
Not an entry; just for laughs

So the photo assignment topic is Crews, eh? Alright, here's the Santa Fe station sign at Crews, CO, south of Colorado Springs, where the double track joint line from Pueblo narrows to a single track to Palmer Lake. This is just for smerks; the photo is from 1989, which disqualifies it from the...
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- Dec 30, 2004
- atsf colorado crews fe santa sign station
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- Category: Human Interest Photos
We Will Deliver

A pair of UP AC4400's with a loaded coal train through Colorado on the UP Moffat Line. I a few days they will deliver another load for a power plant somewhere...
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- Oct 30, 2004
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- Comments: 3
- Category: Western United States
Amtrak at Glenwood

Eastbound California Zephyr pauses at Glenwood Springs along the Colorado River. Shot with Astia 100 speed film.
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- Oct 13, 2004
- amtrak california colorado glenwood springs zephyr
- Comments: 2
- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
Raton Descent

Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls through Raton Pass, New Mexico, after an April snow. Shot from I-25 with 70-200MM zoom lens. Slide film.
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- Sep 20, 2004
- amtrak chief colorado mexico new raton southwest trinidad
- Comments: 2
- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains

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