The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer is right smack in the middle of Little Gore Canyon in between Tunnels 39 and 40. This stretch of highly scenic track is between the sidings of Radium and Azure, about 114 miles west of Denver.
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Little Gore Canyon is one of the many beautiful canyons that the Zephyr runs through on its journey through Colorado. This canyon is shorter than Gore Canyon, but the walls of the canyon are a bit more sheer in many places. Here, the Zephyr just passed through Tunnel 39 (in the distance) and is now passing through relatively short Tunnel 40.
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Byers Canyon is relatively short, but still very scenic. The tracks skirt the north side of the canyon and Colorado River while US-40 allows cars to run through the canyon on the south side. Here, the Zephyr heads away from the camera on its journey west.
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The westbound Zephyr makes its way west along the Colorado River through Byers Canyon, just west of Sulphur, CO.
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The Zephyr is moving west through the rather narrow canyon known as Little Gore Canyon. The train has just emerged from Tunnel 39 and is heading for the east portal of Tunnel 40, just ahead of the train out of the frame.
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A few miles east of Sulphur, the Zephyr is going down grade, following the head waters of the Colorado River. The Zephyr will be following the Colorado River, for the most part, for the next 200 miles or so, through Ruby Canyon in Colorado and Utah.
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Just a few weeks past peak fall colors, a few golden leaves are still clinging to the trees here west of Granby. UP 1988 and UP 8237 lead a coal load east. The train is only 78-cars and, as such, has two units on the point and two units on the rear.
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UP 1988 looks pretty sharp as it leads a coal train east through Byers Canyon. The Colorado River is somewhat low, typical for the fall. The train has clear signals all the way to Tabernash.
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The red of UP 1988 offers a very colorful contrast against the falls colors of the Colorado High Country. This 78-car coal load will be entering Byers Canyon shortly on its journey east.
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After cruising along at 45 MPH for the past several miles, UP 1988 is now slowing down to 20 MPH in preparation for entering Byers Canyon from the west.
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Looking down on UP 1988 and UP 8237 as they lead a train toward Tunnel 38 at the west end of Gore Canyon.
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A 78-car coal load snakes its way out the east end of Azure and toward Gore Canyon as seen from high above at the location known as "Inspiration Point".
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UP 1988 works its way through the narrow canyon known as "Little Gore Canyon". The canyon starts at Tunnel 39 to the east (which the train is approaching) and ends just past Tunnel 40 to the west.
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UP 1988 leads a train out of Tunnel 40 in Little Gore Canyon. As the days grow shorter, the shadows are starting to grow longer, creeping up on the tracks even now at 1pm.
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UP 1988 and train are just east of the siding of Radium, approaching the relatively short canyon known as "Little Gore Canyon". From the photographer's perspective, there is a gap west of the canyon allowing for this view on the train.
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