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  1. Westbound empties at East Plain

    Westbound empties at East Plain

    East Plain Siding, Plainview, CO, New Years Eve, 2004: An empty coal train attacks the 2% grade, while entering the siding. With the bulk of the train occupying unknown degrees of tortuous curvature, the prime movers remain at full song. And the stack talk was incredible!!
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  2. Blinding Blizzard at Rollins

    Blinding Blizzard at Rollins

    Rollinsville, CO, 02 Jan 2004--an EB coal load cautiously eases down the Moffat Route's 2% grade at Rollins Siding, in a blinding snowstorm.
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  3. UP Coal empties westbound at Moffat Tunnel

    UP Coal empties westbound at Moffat Tunnel

    UP Coal empties grind their way up the old D&RGW's tortuous 2% ruling grade to 9200-feet-elevation and Moffat Tunnel's East portal. This shot was directly after a pounding thunderstorm, note the haze and mist in the valley.
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  4. Moffat Gold

    Moffat Gold

    At 9200' a UP eastbound coal train exits the famed 6.2 mile moffat tunnel with the Aspens above it ablaze in a sea of fall colors. Imagine if this was in black and white and not COLOR!
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  5. The South Draw

    The South Draw

    A hard-to-access area on the old D&RGW Moffat Route, where the tracks, on a continuous 2% grind to Moffat Tunnel from Denver, make a horseshoe curve through a rugged valley, through 5 tunnels, and numerous rockslide areas protected by electrified wire slide fences. This is the South Draw...
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  6. UP 6497 empty Coal Train West Bound on Moffat Sub West Of Sulpher Springs

    UP 6497 empty Coal Train West Bound on Moffat Sub West Of Sulpher Springs

    UP 6497 empty Coal Train West Bound on Moffat Sub West Of Sulpher Springs 12-31-03
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  7. Moffat Tunnel - Winter Park Side

    Moffat Tunnel - Winter Park Side

    Moffat Tunnel - Taken at Winter Park Ski resort on 12-31-03.
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  8. AMTRAK at Winter Park coming out of Moffat Tunnel

    AMTRAK at Winter Park coming out of Moffat Tunnel

    AMTRAK at Winter Park, CO - coming out of Moffat Tunnel - 12-31-03
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  9. AMTRAK at Winter Park coming out of Moffat Tunnel

    AMTRAK at Winter Park coming out of Moffat Tunnel

    AMTRAK at Winter Park, CO - coming out of Moffat Tunnel - 12-31-03
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