RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 8521 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD SD40T-2 at Cotopaxi, Colorado by Mike Danneman

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» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..)
» EMD SD40T-2 (more..)

» Tennessee Pass route
» Cotopaxi, Colorado, USA (more..)
» September 04, 1995

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A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River just west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, on Rio Grande’s original mainline route through the Royal Gorge and over Tennessee Pass on September 4, 1995. Powering the train is a pair of SP EMD SD40T-2 Nos. 8521 and 8547, followed by a SP SD40M-2 in a SD45 carbody and Cotton Belt GP40M-2 No. 7286, a rebuilt GP40.

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