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Photo ID: 100062
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Saturday, July 20, 2002 Kevin Morgan
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The Moffat Road 2361
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Ski Train
Ever wonder how the summer Ski Train transports 50 or 60 bikes up to Winter Park? Now you know! The bike car has hooks in it (just like any average garage). The bikes are hung on the hooks and held in place with bungee chords from the base.
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Photo ID: 100063
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Saturday, July 20, 2002 Kevin Morgan
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Tabernash
Tabernash, CO
2383
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train
On this particular Saturday, a UP work train was blocking a leg of the wye when the Ski Train was attempting to turn around. The power on the work train was shut off, however, so the lead unit from the Ski Train was cut off to move the work train.
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Photo ID: 100064
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Saturday, July 20, 2002 Kevin Morgan
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Tabernash
Tabernash, CO
3269
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Union Pacific
A sight that you will very seldomly see. The lead unit of the Ski Train, Amtrak 242, couples onto the front of a work train at Tabernash and is pushing it back out of the way of the wye so the Ski Train can complete its turn-around.
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Photo ID: 100065
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Saturday, July 20, 2002 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 26 2265
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande
On September 30, 1991, an eastbound freight train hit a boulder that was on the rocks in front of Tunnel 26. Unfortunately, Conductor Edward George West and Brakeman John I. Beaird lost their lives. A plaque was added on the west portal of Tunnel 26 in their honor. While insignificant next to human lives, the 3115 and 3010 etched in the tunnel portal represent the numbers of the two Rio Grande engines that were destroyed in the accident.
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