One of the absolutely cleanest tunnel motors I've ever seen, Chuck caught DRGW 5362 at Fraser, CO, just a month after it was built (built Jul-1975, photographed Aug-1975).

5362 along with the 5343, 5366 and 5346 ease down grade near the east switch Fraser. They'll take the siding for a meet with X3096E

Just east of Fraser, CO, GP40-2 3096 leads GP40 3058, GP40-2 3093, and nearly-new SD40T-2 5364 as they throttle up for the climb up the 2% grade with an eastbound in August 1975.

At the same trestle seen in 2 and 3, (over Elk Creek Road) we see the rear of the 3096E with a pair of cabooses, both in the four stripe scheme. This one is obviously the 01409. Note that the other still has friction bearing trucks.

A bit further west, SD45s DRGW 5315 and 5320 take the siding at East Tabernash during August of 1974. Here they'll meet an eastbound manifest and #18, the Rio Grande Zephyr before continuing west.

X 3123 is exiting Fraser Canyon as they approach the east switch at Tabernash.

Up in front, four GP40(2's) and a lone GP35 hurry their train east as they prepare to duck under US 40.

Not long after the passage of the 3123, the Zephyr swings around the curve at Tabernash as it dashes towards the Moffat Tunnel and Denver beyond as seen in August of 1974.

A month after our last visit to the Fraser valley, DRGW 3101, assisted by the 3122, 3065, 3085 and 3041, speeds a manifest east at Tabernash in September, 1974

A close up of the 3101 as it approachs the US40 overpass at Tabernash.

First out in the consist are a pair of fairly new 60 foot D&RGW boxcars. Fresh snow covers Continental Divide in the distance.

The procession continues with a variety of covered hoppers making for a colorful consist.