Climbing through Deen Tunnel on Tennessee Pass east of Pando, Colorado, on August 1, 1996 is a heavy Southern Pacific coal train. The 242-foot Deen Tunnel, sometimes also called Pando Tunnel, is s... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific unit coal train of CTRN hoppers claws up Tennessee Pass in the canyon between Redcliff and Pando, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 4, 1995. The SP GE AC4400CWs... (more)

SP347 thunders out of the 3% onto the "level" near Pando....

Starting off a fantastic day of photography, train #143 descends Tennesee Pass soon after sunrise at 7:50am on September 23rd, a solid set of Rio Grande SD's leading 72 cars towards Grand Junction... (more)

Set of Rio Grande helpers descend the west slope of Tennesee Pass back to Minturn, passing through Deen Tunnel. NOTE: Photo shot THRU the tunnel, and power is going AWAY from photographer. Be Safe... (more)

No Saturation added! The colors in the high thin air of the Rockies are so vivid, they sometimes appear unreal. Peak fall colors greet eastbound #140 roaring up the Three Percent out of Pando, app... (more)

Looking more and more like the Southern Pacific on Tennesee Pass in the fall of 1989 as train #143 descends the 3% west slope of the grade behind three SP locomotives leading 59 cars. A fortuitous... (more)

Head end and cut-in helper (34 cars deep) are visible in this view of Rio Grande Train#140 climbing Tennesee Pass from atop the Deen Tunnel above Pando. Three Rio Grande GP40s and a Southern Pacif... (more)

Amid the beauty of the annual Fall Color Show, 78-car eastbound train #140 grinds it up on the Three Percent climb above Pando, emerging from Deen Tunnel with SD40T-2 5406 leading GP40/GP40/SD45. ... (more)

SP296 passes thru Pando, Colorado. Winters are long at these elevations....

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight grinds through the multiple curves and steep 3% grade between Redcliff and Pando on Colorado’s historic Tennessee Pass. Three new General Electric AC4400CWs p... (more)

Southern Pacific’s KCOAF train eases down the steep 3 percent grade on the western slope of scenic Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on August 2, 1996. The two GE AC4400CWs are from the Minturn h... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific taconite train bound for Geneva, Utah, carefully grinds down the steep 3 percent grade on the west slope of Tennessee Pass. The train is just leaving Pando, Colorado, ... (more)

Pass the marshmallows: Southern Pacific loaded coke train NSGVC descends Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado. The trailing NS C30-7 gasps for air in the high-altitude with spectacular results.

A pair of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors, the 5346 and 5412 both covered with typical road grime, lead ex-Conrail GP40 3133 East in splendid Fall Colors through Pando on the now closed Tennessee Pass li... (more)