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

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

» Rio Grande’s Moffat Tunnel Route
» East Portal, Colorado, USA (more..)
» April, 1984

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» DRGW 5349 (more..)
» Unknown

» Mike Danneman (more..)
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During an incredibly windy, frigid and hostile springtime snowstorm in April 1984, a Rio Grande coal train led by EMD SD40T-2 No. 5349, is about to enter the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel departing East Portal, Colorado.

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Make	Nikon
Model	Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED