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Rio Grande Railroad Photographs
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Rio Grande 3154 South Near Larkspur, Colorado - 11/99
- Canon F1N, Canon 80-200mm f4L, Fuji Provia 100F pushed two stops to ASA 400.
- It may belong to Union Pacific now, but on Thanksgiving weekend, 99, DRGW 3154 heads-up
the Denver to Pubelo, Colorado train.
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Rio Grande 3075 West On Tennessee Pass, CO - 6/87
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 3075 leads a westbound freight up the east side of Tennessee Pass.
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Rio Grande 3103 On Solider Summit, Utah - 7/1982
- Pentax????, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 3103 passes the "Narrows" on it's way to the top of Solider Summit, Utah.
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Rio Grande 3085 Helpers On Solider Summit, Utah - 7/1982
- Pentax????, 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- A pair of Rio Grande GP40s help push DRGW 3103 (previous photo) to the top of Solider Summit, Utah.
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Rio Grande 3095 West On the Big 10 Curves - 2/1983
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- Rio Grande 3095 leads an early morning train through the Big 10 curves west of Denver,
Colorado.
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Rio Grande 3099 Helpers On The Big 10 Curves - 2/1983
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- These Rio Grande helpers are pushing hard to get DRGW 3095 (previous photo) up the Front Range
of the Colorado Rockies.
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Rio Grande 3102 West On Tennessee Pass, Colorado - 6/1986
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 3102 works hard to get a long westbound freight up the east slope of Tennessee Pass, Colorado.
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Rio Grande 5346 On Tennessee Pass, Colorado - 7/1984
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- Rio Grande tunnel motor 5346 leads a general freight on Tennessee Pass, Colorado.
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Rio Grande 5365 East On Tennessee Pass, Colorado - 7/1986
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 5365 and train approach the Mitchell Curves on the steep eastbound grade of Tennessee
Pass.
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Rio Grande 3975 At Malta, Colorado - 6/1984
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- A Rio Grande general freight passes through Malta, Colorado on the Tennessee Pass line.
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Rio Grande At The Summit of Tennessee Pass, CO - 7/86
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- A long string of tunnel motors meets a eastbound train on the east side of the summit tunnel
on a dark and rainy late afternoon.
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Rio Grande 3111 At The Summit of Tennessee Pass, CO - 7/86
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- An eastbound DRGW freight has just topped the hard climb to the summit tunnel on Tennessee
Pass.
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Rio Grande 3124 East At Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado - 5/1987
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 3124 coasts downhill from Tunnel 1 with a hot piggyback train from Salt Lake City, Utah.
This spot is about 23 miles east of Denver.
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Rio Grande 3128 East At Plainview, Colorado - 11/1984
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- It's almost dark as DRGW 3128 passes the siding at Plainview, Colorado.
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Rio Grande 5344 East At Plainview, Colorado - 11/84
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- Rio Grande tunnel motor 5344 leads a coal train down the Colorado Front Range in much better
light than the previous photograph.
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Rio Grande 3124 West Near Winter Park, Colorado - 6/1984
- Canon A1, Canon 50mm f1.8, Kodachrome 64
- On a wet, dreary, cold, dark June morning DRGW 3124 heads west from Winter Park, Colorado.
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Rio Grande 5411 At Palmer Lake, Colorado - 3/1985
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- In a composition taken by a millon other foamers, DRGW 5411 takes a coal train around the
big curve at Palmer Lake, Colorado.
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Rio Grande 5350 North Between Monument and Palmer Lake, Colorado - 3/1985
- Canon A1, 70-210mm f4.5, Kodachrome 64
- DRGW 5350 climbs toward the summit of the Palmer Divide in this shot taken north
of Monument, Colorado.
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Rio Grande at Rollinsville, CO - 10/97
- Minolta X700, 70-210mm f4, Kodachrome 64
- Two tunnel motors and a GP40 lead this merchandise freight though Rollinsville,
Colorado on a autumn day in 1997.
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