RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 3121 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD GP40-2 at Helper, Utah by James Belmont

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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD GP40-2 (more..)

» MP626.4, Helper Yard, D&RGW Subdivision 6
» Helper, Utah, USA (more..)
» September 04, 1976

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» DRGW 3121 (more..)
» Swing Helper (more..)

» James Belmont (more..)
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It seems far removed today, but in the mid-1970s, Rio Grande coal train swing helps were powered by EMD GP30s, GP35s, GP40s, and GP40-2s. A healthy five pack of four axle EMDs are pictured cutting into a unit coal train at Helper Yard.

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Make	Plustek
Model	OpticFilm 7600i