RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 5771 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD F9(A) at Pinecliff, Colorado by James Belmont

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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD F9(A) (more..)

» Tunnel 3, West of Plain Siding
» Pinecliff, Colorado, USA (more..)
» April 14, 1979

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» DRGW 5771 (more..)
» DRGW 17 (more..)

» James Belmont (more..)
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One of my all time favorite photos of the Rio Grande Zephyr as train No. 17 climbs through the Colorado Front Range at Tunnel 3. The fill the train is crossing was washed out by flood water on Sept. 13, 2013, closing the line to through traffic for 17 days.

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Make	Plustek
Model	OpticFilm 7600