An eastbound Rio Grande freight drops downgrade at Crystal Lakes near Malta, Colorado, early in the morning of July 10, 1985. This train is running on Rio Grande’s famed route over 10,221-foot Tennessee Pass and is powered by EMD SD40T-2 No. 5345, GP40 No. 3079 and GP40-2 No. 3105. The broad-topped mountain over the second locomotive is 14,421-foot Mount Massive, the second highest peak in Colorado.
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