Denver and Rio Grande Western’s Malta Turn is dropping through Pando, Colorado, on the way down the 3-percent grades of Tennessee Pass on July 9, 1985. The six-car train is led by a pair of EMD ... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific coal train drops down the grade on Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. Leading the power set of four EMDs is a former Erie Lackawanna/Conrail SDP4... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific manifest freight climbs the steep three percent grade of Tennessee Pass approaching Pando, Colorado, on August 2, 1996. Not only does the train have to fight gravity,... (more)

Climbing through Deen Tunnel on Tennessee Pass east of Pando, Colorado, on August 1, 1996 is a heavy Southern Pacific coal train. The 242-foot Deen Tunnel, sometimes also called Pando Tunnel, is s... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific unit coal train of CTRN hoppers claws up Tennessee Pass in the canyon between Red Cliff and Pando, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 4, 1995. The SP GE AC4400CW... (more)

SP347 thunders out of the 3% onto the "level" near Pando....

SP296 passes thru Pando, Colorado. Winters are long at these elevations....

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight grinds through the multiple curves and steep 3% grade between Red Cliff and Pando on Colorado’s historic Tennessee Pass. Three new General Electric AC4400CW... (more)

Southern Pacific’s KCOAF train eases down the steep 3 percent grade on the western slope of scenic Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on August 2, 1996. The two GE AC4400CWs are from the Minturn... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific taconite train bound for Geneva, Utah, carefully grinds down the steep 3 percent grade on the west slope of Tennessee Pass. The train is just leaving Pando, Colorado, ... (more)

Pass the marshmallows
Southern Pacific loaded coke train NSGVC descends Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado. The trailing NS C30-7 gasps for air in the high-altitude with spectacular resu... (more)

A pair of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors, the 5346 and 5412 both covered with typical road grime, lead ex-Conrail GP40 3133 East in splendid Fall Colors through Pando on the now closed Tennessee Pass li... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2 5380, Union Pacific SD40-2 3615 and a trio of Missouri Pacific SD40-2's, 6003, 6014 and 6016 head East with a loaded coal train that contains 3 experimental Ortner aluminum hopp... (more)

A taconite train rolls through Pando on Tennessee Pass.

East bound SP 358 Is climbing the west slope of Tennessee Pass.