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Photographers' Gallery Photographers' Gallery - Classic Rio Grande Chuck Conway's Rio Grande in the 70s West of the Moffat Tunnel

All images are copyright 2003 by Chuck Conway. He has asked that I clearly note these are FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY, so please respect his wishes.

Date: 02 Feb 2007
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cab_tabernash.jpg
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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.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
drgw_3122_winterpark_co_aug_1974_000_3092x2102.jpg
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Again working upgrade at Hideaway Park, we see the new GP40-2 DRGW 3122 in the September 1974.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
01448_Winter_Park_002.jpg
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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.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
3010_Winter_Park_3.jpg
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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.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
3010_Hideaway_Park_001.jpg
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Rolling eastbound shortly after the passage of the 3101, 3010 and 3096 highball through Hideaway Park in September, 1974
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
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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.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
3010_W_Portal_001.jpg
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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 ...
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
3095_Tabernash_1976.jpg
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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 ...
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
01417_Tabernash.jpg
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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.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
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Beneath a haze of clouds, the 5771 and company round the curve at Tabernash in September, 1975.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
5771_Winter_Park_2.jpg
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Slanting sunrays highlight #18 as it swings past the Winter Park ski area just before plunging into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
5771_Winter_Park_3.jpg
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Same as the previous shot-just a bit closer.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: Chuck Conway
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