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..)

» Moffat Tunnel
» East Portal, Colorado, USA (more..)
» April, 1984

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» DRGW 5349 (more..)
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» Mike Danneman (more..)
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High country blizzard
During a windy and frigid springtime snowstorm, a Rio Grande coal train approaches the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado.

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