Plenty of noise, plenty of smoke, not much speed!
I labelled this photo as "Climbing the Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville". Maybe someone knows a more accurate location.
On August 2, 1996, Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) has just arrived at Colorado’s scenic Tennessee Pass. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 (still looking like a... (more)
Rolling along the Arkansas River between Princeton and Granite, CO, SP 8703 leads CNW 6933 and DRGW 5410 on a Herington, KS to Oakland, CA auto train. The Tennessee Pass route was active for only ... (more)
An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train works through the 10,430-foot siding at Belden while climbing the steep west slope of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass out of Minturn on September 8, 1992. SP E... (more)
Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5382 and EMD SD50 No. 5515 wait for a call to duty in front of the small enginehouse at Minturn, Colorado, at the foot of the famed grade over Tennessee Pass.