RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 5349 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD SD40T-2 at Mitchell, Colorado by Mike Danneman

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Location/Date of Photo

� Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
� EMD SD40T-2 (more..)

� Tennessee Pass route (more..)
� Mitchell, Colorado, USA (more..)
� July 20, 1990

Locomotive No./Train ID

Photographer

� DRGW 5349 (more..)
� Unknown

� Mike Danneman (more..)
� Contact Photographer

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A Rio Grande freight howls through the curves as dynamic brakes hold back the train on the three percent grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5349 leads a SD50, a former Conrail GP40 and a Cotton Belt SD45T-2 as power the westbound train.

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