There is a good curve just west of Tunnel 16 that allows you to see the power on your train when you ride Amtrak. We are approaching the cut located downgrade from the longest tunnel on the eastern slope of the divide (not including the Moffat, of course), Tunnel 17.
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An eastbound coal load emerges from tunnel 17 and passes by the old Rio Grande intermediate signal. This signal has since been replaced with a single mast on the [trackwise] north side of the track (left side of the picture).
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The eastbound RODVT (Roper to Denver, Trailers) emerges from Tunnel 17 with a trio of Rio Grande SD50s for power. This train was something of a successor to Rio Grande's Railblazer.
This picture was taken using a Minolta XE5 on Tri-X 400 black and white film.
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