http://www.drgw.net/gallery/main.php http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_5362_fraser_co_aug_1975_000_3211x2102.jpg.html 33955 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). http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5362_W_Fraser_2.jpg.html 33959 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 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_3096_fraser_co_aug_1976_000_3171x2102.jpg.html 33962 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01409_Fraser_001.jpg.html 33965 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_5315_tabernash_co_aug_1974_000_2208x1664.jpg.html 33968 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3123_Tabernash_2.jpg.html 33971 X 3123 is exiting Fraser Canyon as they approach the east switch at Tabernash. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3123_Tabernash.jpg.html 33974 Up in front, four GP40(2's) and a lone GP35 hurry their train east as they prepare to duck under US 40. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5771_Tabernash_high.jpg.html 33977 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3101_Tabernash_1_001.jpg.html 33980 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 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3101_tabernash_001.jpg.html 33983 A close up of the 3101 as it approachs the US40 overpass at Tabernash. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3101_Tabernash_2.jpg.html 33986 First out in the consist are a pair of fairly new 60 foot D&RGW boxcars. Fresh snow covers Continental Divide in the distance. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3101_Tabernash_4.jpg.html 33989 The procession continues with a variety of covered hoppers making for a colorful consist. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/cab_tabernash.jpg.html 33992 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_3122_winterpark_co_aug_1974_000_3092x2102.jpg.html 33995 Again working upgrade at Hideaway Park, we see the new GP40-2 DRGW 3122 in the September 1974. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01448_Winter_Park_002.jpg.html 33998 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3010_Winter_Park_3.jpg.html 34001 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3010_Hideaway_Park_001.jpg.html 34004 Rolling eastbound shortly after the passage of the 3101, 3010 and 3096 highball through Hideaway Park in September, 1974 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/1500_Winter_Park_001.jpg.html 34007 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3010_W_Portal_001.jpg.html 34010 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 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3095_Tabernash_1976.jpg.html 34013 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 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01417_Tabernash.jpg.html 34016 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. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/Untitled_Duplicated_02.jpg.html 34019 Beneath a haze of clouds, the 5771 and company round the curve at Tabernash in September, 1975. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5771_Winter_Park_2.jpg.html 34022 Slanting sunrays highlight #18 as it swings past the Winter Park ski area just before plunging into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5771_Winter_Park_3.jpg.html 34025 Same as the previous shot-just a bit closer. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5355_Moffat_Tunnel.jpg.html 34028 By the summer of 1976, the 5355 was looking well used as it exits the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01426_Winter_Park_2_77.jpg.html 34031 Freshly shopped 01426 brings up the rear of an eastbound at Winter Park on a beautiful February afternoon in 1977. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5381_FRASER_2_1977.jpg.html 34034 X5381E slowly passes the west switch at Fraser with a manifest in August of 1977. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5381_Fraser.jpg.html 34037 With the Continental Divide providing the backdrop, X5381 meets the 5367W caboose hop at Fraser siding. As evidenced in this photo, the SD40T2 era is well established by this time. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5381_Winter_Park_001.jpg.html 34040 Laboring upgrade at Winter Park the 5381, 5350 and 5364 urge their eastbound onward. This mixed consist train was probably #134, normally a hotshot that did on occasions get a head end fill of coal out of Grand Junction. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5381_Winter_Park_2.jpg.html 34043 The coal on the head end of the 5381E was loaded into 29 of D&RGW's 70 ton hoppers, adding up to just over 2000 tons. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3108_winter_Park.jpg.html 34046 The 3108 and 3078 apply their combined 6,000 horsepower to the rear of 5381E. Intermodal business from UPS and other shippers can be seen ahead of the caboose. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5353_Winter_Park.jpg.html 34049 A cloudy summer afternoon in 1977 finds the 5353 and four other tunnel motors dragging the 738 train juggrade at Winter Park. This train often ran in two sections from Helper and still regularly featured 4 axle units on the head end. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/Winter_Park_siding_9_78.jpg.html 34052 Winter Park siding 9-78 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/3115_Hideaway_Park.jpg.html 34055 3115 and 3086 hurry a short eastbound upgrade at Hideaway Park in July of 1977. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01506_Hideaway_Park.jpg.html 34058 Wearing the 'Action Road' scheme, cab 01506 brings up the rear of X3115E at Hideaway Park http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/5358_Tabernash_1977.jpg.html 34061 A year earlier than the previous series, the 5358 leads a westbound empty as it slips into the siding at Tabernash in September of 1976. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/01410_Tabernash.jpg.html 34064 Caboose 01410 clatters past on the rear of the 5358W as the train clears up at Tabernash. Shortly, they'll meet the eastbound #134 and #17 on this fine September afternoon. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_3114_tabernash_co_sep_1976_000_3255x2102.jpg.html 34067 After the 5358 clears, we see this eastbound TOFC train with DRGW 3114 leading a GP30, another GP40(-2), and an SD45. With UPS trailers highlighting the intermodal consist, it's a reasonable guess that this is # 134. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/PhotographersGallery/PGClassic/CConway/CCWestoftheMoffat/drgw_5771_tabernash_co_sep_1976_000_3156x2102.jpg.html 34070 And finally, to end the photos in this album, we see this classic view of the Rio Grande Zephyr at Tabernash, F units still in charge. Taken in September 1976, this scene would continue for another seven years, until the last pair of Zephyrs made a short