Of the original 73 tunnel motors Rio Grande had, 16 were repainted in the Espee bloody nose scheme in 1994 and 1995. Here, SP 5378 has a few doors open as the third unit on the westbound MDVRO.
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Two relatively new Espee AC4400CW's sit on the point of an eastbound coal load headed into Denver, The train is stopped in the siding, waiting for Amtrak 6 to pass it on the way into town.
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Just days before being retired, DRGW 3102 sits in North Yard with badly faded stripes on its nose.
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SP 5397, once DRGW 5397 until being repainted in 1995, sits in North Yard as the sun sets to the west. DRGW 5503 is visible in the background.
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The sun gets ready to set on DRGW 3102 for one of the last times before the unit is retired a few days later.
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Amtrak's Phase IV scheme was not yet popular (and their Phase V had not even been thought of) when this picture was taken in 1997. Amtark 5 is about to disappear into tunnel one, In the foreground, the track curves torward Clay over my left shoulder.
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