RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 3100 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD GP40-2 at East Portal, Colorado by Mike Danneman

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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD GP40-2 (more..)

» East Portal siding
» East Portal, Colorado, USA (more..)
» April, 1984

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In April 1984, a westbound Rio Grande freight encounters a high country ground blizzard at East Portal, Colorado. High winds, low visibility and drifting snow; just a part of springtime at the Moffat Tunnel!

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