Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7254 and Southern Pacific GP40M-2 No. 7124 power a short three-car Malta local that has just departed Malta, Colorado, under a towering 14,421-foot tall Mount Massive, still... (more)
A trio of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors power a westbound train with double stacks up front as it approaches Malta, Colorado, on the scenic route over Tennessee Pass on May 24, 1991.
On a pretty August 2, 1996, morning, an eastbound Southern Pacific autorack train passes Crystal Lakes south (railroad east) of Malta, Colorado, on the scenic line over Tennessee Pass. The train i... (more)
An eastbound Southern Pacific freight drops downgrade past Crystal Lakes south (railroad east) of Malta, Colorado, on the beautiful summer morning of August 2, 1996. Trout are feeding on the surfa... (more)
After a nocturnal climb up the steep western grade of Tennessee Pass, an eastbound Southern Pacific freight passes Crystal Lakes east (south) of Malta, Colorado, as dawn sunlight hits Mount Massiv... (more)
An eastbound Rio Grande freight drops downgrade at Crystal Lakes near Malta, Colorado, early in the morning of July 10, 1985. This train is running on Rio Grande’s famed route over 10,221-foot T... (more)
A lone fisherman tries his luck with some spring trout fishing at Crystal Lakes near Malta, Colorado, as a westbound Rio Grande intermodal train passes by on this scenic route over Tennessee Pass.... (more)
Climbing toward Tennessee Pass Westbound Southern Pacific KCOAF passes Crystal Lakes between Kobe and Malta, Colorado, on the morning of August 2, 1996. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 and ... (more)
One of the last trains to run over Tennessee Pass. A storm is brewing in the mountains. The cloud cover almost reaches the train.
One of the last trains to run over Tennessee Pass.
This was one of the last trains over Tennessee Pass.
Two SD40-2's and a SD45T-2 pull a train westbound up the 1.5% grade to Tennessee Pass. Then it will be all downhill to Minturn, and eventually to Dotsero where it will join the Moffat Line and hea... (more)
