The State of Tennessee Pass

The State of Tennessee Pass - 1 Jul 2011

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Friday was beautiful, if a little warm, here in Colorado. I was done with work by 1330h, so I figured I'd take a little drive out west and go over Tennessee Pass for the first time this season. Here's a few shots from the trip that I thought you all might enjoy seeing.

Date: 07 Jul 2011

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[800x533] [3000x2000] The water of Gore Creek is only an inch or two below the D&RGW girders. Not sure if the creek's actually that high, or if it's the Eagle River is backing up. This actually appears to be somewhat down, but that's pretty typical for Colorado runoff du ... Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] The torrent of water pouring westward towards its joining with the mighty Colorado at Dotsero. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] Looking south towards Minturn from the bike path bridge. The Eagle River is running rather high. Now if only I had a pipeline filter for my camera, but I don't think they make those in 77mm. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes
[800x533] [3000x2000] The north end of the Minturn yards Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] The main body of the Minturn yard, looking south Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] A bit wider angle, showing one of the remaining code line poles Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes
[800x533] [3000x2000] And here's another code line pole that fell over on a guy's pickup the previous afternoon. This is down by the old yard office / depot. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] Here's the Minturn sheriff, inspecting one of the insulators that fell off a rotten pin. He's mostly there to protect traffic while the Qwest guys cut the aerial phone lines over the road. A few circuits still used the pole for support. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] Looking north from downtown Minturn Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes
[533x800] [2000x3000] The famous arch bridge at Red Cliff Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] The east end of Belden, with more than a few rocks on the tracks. I can only imagine that it's worse up in the gorge. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] The other unusual arch bridge at Red Cliff - the wooden laminate bridge in town. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes
[800x533] [3000x2000] Pando, with not a train in sight (I'm shocked) Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] My favorite thing about Pando - this old Rio Grande Motor Ways trailer. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] Up at Mitchell, looking toward the summit Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes
[800x533] [3000x2000] It would appear they have a shrubbery problem Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[533x800] [2000x3000] ...and a vandal problem. This is the radio transmitter portion of a dragging equipment detector. Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [3000x2000] The dragger, along with a flange greaser Date: 07 Jul 2011 Owner: ND Holmes

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