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UP Moffat Sub

Pictures from a trip along the ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western's (now Union Pacific) Moffat Tunnel Subdivision 23rd through 25th of April, 2004. Just before our arrival, a snowstorm had moved through the area and prepared a winter wonderland that lasted the entire first day.
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The view from Crater shows the three lead engines at left, the train stretched out around both horseshoes, and the rear-end helpers at right.
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The view from Crater shows the three lead engines at left, the train stretched out around both horseshoes, and the rear-end helpers at right.

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  • Westbound coal empties passing Kremmling, CO, in the rain.
  • The overnight snow has nearly melted off as coal empties roll down Gore Canyon.
  • Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr, rolling into Radium, CO.
  • A power balance move has this empty train nicely powered as it rolls through East Radium.
  • Bond, CO (still known as Orestod to old heads) is a crew change point for Denver and Grand Junction crews, as well as the junction of the Craig Branch. An empty move pulls up on the main for the crew to go off duty.
  • "Depot and Lunchroom" - as far as this sign is concerned, it's still the 1970s and the D&RGW is running strong.
  • Leaving Bond westbound on the Dotsero cutoff.
  • Eastbound coal heads upgrade near West Yarmony.
  • Eastbound coal heads upgrade near West Yarmony.
  • Another eastbound pulls by East Yarmony in the last rays of light at dusk. Note the microwave transceiver to West Yarmony on the pole.
  • Streaker shot of a westbound at night, from the Rancho del Rio camp site.
  • Early morning sun illuminates State Bridge, CO as yet another coal drag enters Bond.
  • Fly me to the Moon! Empty coal cars negotiate the steep double horseshoe of the Craig Branch leaving the Colorado River valley. The cars at right are near the midpoint of the train.
  • Crater grade crossing. At 2%+, even an empty train requires some muscle.
  • The view from Crater shows the three lead engines at left, the train stretched out around both horseshoes, and the rear-end helpers at right.
  • Another view from Crater. The rear of the train can be seen at right.
  • Empties bound for the Energy loader southwest of Steamboat Springs pass the abandoned mine sites at Oak Creek north of Phippsburg, CO.
  • The Energy loader at the end of the Energy Industrial Track, with tipple, stockpiles, and conveyors.
  • The empty train arrives at the Energy loader against the backdrop of Saddle Mountain.
  • Westbound Denver-Grand Junction train leaving Bond on the Dotsero Cutoff.
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