Despite being owned by Southern Pacific at this time, the Tennessee Pass Helper Terminal at Minturn, Colorado, was filled with Denver & Rio Grande Western power, including this quartet of SD40T-2s... (more)
An eastbound loaded coal train pauses briefly at Minturn on a clear summer morning. The train will add helpers which will assist in assaulting the 3% grade to the summit at Tennessee Pass.
A short Hutchinson, KS to Oakland, CA freight passes the signal at the east end of Minturn siding. Chasing this afternoon westbound was the perfect way to end a day of railfanning Tennessee Pass ... (more)
In the last months of Union Pacific's operation of Tennessee Pass, a quartet of SP AC4400s rest in the yard at Minturn, awaiting their turn to assist another eastbound over the pass.
Denver and Rio Grande Western GP40 No. 3083 is the east unit on a helper set at Minturn, Colorado, in July 1984. Behind No. 3083 is a GP40-2, a SD40T-2, a SD45, and two more SD40T-2s. One track ov... (more)