Union Pacific 618 leads a photo freight at sunrise on February 6, 2007, on Utah's Heber Valley Railroad.

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In April 1984, a westbound Rio Grande freight encounters a high country ground blizzard at East Portal, Colorado.

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Chicago & North Western's train from Green Bay, Wisconsin enters Butler Yard after encountering some snow on the trip south in December 1983. Powering the train are five GP7s, a GP15-1 and an Alco C628.

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SP and UP AC4400CWs team up with a westbound freight at Tunnel 1 east of Plain, Colorado, on a wet April 24, 1999.

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Even though the date is September 17, 1996, winter is creeping in on Cumbres Pass, Colorado. Road engine C&TS K-37 No. 497 rests as K-27 No. 463 cuts out of the freight train amid a heavy snow. This is a former Rio Grande narrow gauge route.

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