Twenty locomotives with 55,950 hp on the one train! A 100-car #790 eastbound coal heads out of Belden behind 3099 3033 3056 3014 3026 3020 3111. Assisting on the way up to Tennessee Pass were ... (more)
3008 3030 3104 drop downgrade from Tennessee Pass under the high and low level bridges at Red Cliff with #75 westbound freight in November 1981.
With the fall colours of the Aspen starting to appear, helpers 9616(CN) 3042 9607(CN) 3021 3022 3098 head away from the camera as they return to Minturn after assisting a westbound freight to Tenn... (more)
5356 3021 3064 3071 and eastbound #48 departs Belden siding on the approach to Red CLiff on the climb to Tennessee Pass from Minturn. Out of sight helpers were 3128 3110 3016 3099 3073 3124 3113.
Trains no longer run along Tennessee Pass, but hikers enjoy the area along this section of the line near Red Cliff.
A Rio Grande logo still remains on this bridge over the Eagle River on the former D&RGW Tennessee Pass Route. A train has not passed here in almost ten years but the memories linger.
A pair of AC4400s in charge of a trainload of taconite as it drifts downgrade past the hamlet of Red Cliff.
I always enjoyed shooting off the old hiway bridge, not visible in the shot, under the newer bridge towering over the valley just west of the town of Red Cliff. I don't remember the hike down the ... (more)
A pair of leased SD60s lead the Alton-Roper merchandise train downgrade past Red Cliff.
