DRGW cab 01448 brings up the rear of the varied consist following the 3101 on this September 1974 afternoon. This and the previous two views were by Jenny Conway.
01448 brings up the markers of X3101E at Hideaway Park. In a few moments, the head end will plunge into the darkness of the 6.2 mile long Moffat Tunnel.
Still at the grade crossing in Hideaway Park, the 3010 leads a short hotshot uphill towards the west portal amidst the turning leaves of September, 1974.
Cab 01500 trails new Chevy pick-ups as the 3010 continues the climb to Winter Park. Note the trainman surveying the scene on this pleasant fall afternoon.
3010 and 3096 have quite and audience as they charge into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Note the three loads of livestock behind the first two piggyback flats. Livestock shipments were a fading tradition on the Grande as well as other western road
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Afternoon clouds are building as Moffat coal empty X3095W rolls into Tabernash for a meet with the Zephyr in September 1975. By the end of the decade, 4 axle units powering coal trains would be a rare sight on the Moffat as the popular tunnel motors took
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DRGW cab 01417 follows the 3096's train into the siding at Tabernash. This was originally the main line before the diagonal cutoff between the ends of the siding was built.