Southern Pacific loaded coke train NSGVC descends Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on August 1, 1996. The trailing NS C30-7 gasps for air in the high-altitude with spectacular results.
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In July 1984, a westbound Rio Grande coal train waits for a new crew in the yard at Minturn, Colorado, at the western foot of Tennessee Pass.
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A pair of new Southern Pacific GE’s heads west with a freight at Princeton, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. This is on the famed route over the Continental Divide over Tennessee Pass, and in this view, Princeton siding is in the foreground, once the location of the old main line.
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A westbound Southern Pacific taconite train bound for Geneva, Utah, carefully grinds down the steep 3 percent grade of the west slope of Tennessee Pass. The train is just leaving Pando, Colorado, on September 4, 1995, and new SP AC4400CWs power the heavy train. I wish Tennessee Pass was still used today, but then again, it wouldn’t be Rio Grande or SP operating it either. A Colorado Rail Link-type operation would be great though!
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A westbound Rio Grande freight passes the site of Keeldar siding on the eastern approach to Tennessee Pass, Colorado, on May 24, 1991. By this date, Southern Pacific/D&RGW was hauling double stacks across the “Central Corridor.”
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