Five first generation Rio Grande Geeps, lead by GP9 5943 in charge of a mainline freight at Plainview, Colorado in March 1969. Photo from my slide collection, Photographer J.B. Calvert.

UP 4533 (SD70M) leads a Union Pacific Officer's Special through the curves at Plainview before entering Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 4533 (SD70M) leads a long Officer Special train down the Moffat line at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon.

BNSF 8195 (ES44AC) muscles a freight towards the Rainbow Cut which is just north of the Plainview crossing.

BNSF 9125 (SD70ACe) leads two other motors and a long freight up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel line.

BNSF 8195 (ES44AC) is about to shove a freight through Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

BNSF 8195 (ES44AC) pokes out of Tunnel 5 as it muscles a freight up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak engine 127 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

BNSF ACe 9393 runs the cut at Plainview, Colorado as it assists a BNSF freight that has just emerged from Tunnel 1.

Amtrak engine 176 leads the California Zephyr up the hill towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak engine 176 leads the California Zephyr around the bend towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak engine 192 gets ready to lead the California Zephyr down into Coal Creek Canyon after passing through the final 29th tunnel on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

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