At the grade crossing at East Portal, this westbound autorack train is about to enter the Moffat Tunnel to continue its journey west. Sure is great seeing a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor on the point! This was, however, rather early on in my photography career, so the quality is not the best.
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The sun shines through to light up the nose on this westbound BNSF manifest as it prepares to enter the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Back in 1997, Santa Fe's Warbonnets were still in close-to-pristine condition and you can tell even in this black and white photo!
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Espee 131 is about to overtake ATSF 845 at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The light power will run through the tunnel ahead of the manifest to rescue a stalled coal load at Winter Park. This picture was taken on Ilford Pan-F (ISO 50) film.
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A BNSF manifest holds the siding at East Portal to allow light power to run around the train on the mainline. A westbound coal load stalled out on the main at Winter Park and this light power was sent through the tunnel to rescue it!
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