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DRGW 5342
Title:  DRGW 5342
Description:  TENNESSEE PASS CO Oct 6 1978 -- A famous location with lots of photos taken. This is my version. Rio Grande SD40T-2 5342 takes the S curves on its way west. Web site drgw.net reports this unit was repainted to UP 2882 Sept 3 2001.
Photo Date:  10/6/1978  Upload Date: 11/8/2011 9:49:52 PM
Location:  Tennessee Pass, CO
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 5342(SD40T-2)
Views:  1189   Comments: 1
DRGW 5350
Title:  DRGW 5350
Description:  Las Animas CO June 17 1979 -- Rio Grande 5350 leads four other tunnel motors on an empty coal train as they pass under the U.S. 50. Pole lines! Ya gotta love em. Addorcing to www.drgw.net, "Repainted to SP 5350 during SP era--To UP 8609 14-Nov-2000--Retired by UP 27-Jun-2003.
Photo Date:  6/17/1979  Upload Date: 11/8/2011 9:47:52 PM
Location:  Las Animas, CO
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 5350(SD40T-2)
Views:  1664   Comments: 1
DRGW 5353
Title:  DRGW 5353
Description:  BIG LIFT CO March 11 1980 -- Rio Grande SD40T-2 and four other tunnel motors lead a mixed freight. Information from http://myweb.msoe.edu/~westr/Tunnel Motors.htm indicates 5353 was built in October 1974, became SP 5353, then UP 4041, then UP 8611 and eventually sold to R.J. Corman railroad group.
Photo Date:  3/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/8/2011 9:46:26 PM
Location:  Big Lift, CO
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 5353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1321   Comments: 1
DRGW 5355
Title:  DRGW 5355
Description:  SPRUCE CO Oct 21 1977 -- Rio Grande SD40T-2 5355 leads an empty coal train on the Joint Line between Larkspur and Monument. Web site utahrails.net reports, "D&RGW 5355 was renumbered to UP 4043 on 8 October 1999; renumbered to UP 8613 on 12 April 2000." UP retired the unit in 2008.
Photo Date:  10/21/1977  Upload Date: 11/8/2011 9:43:58 PM
Location:  Spruce, CO
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 5355(SD40T-2)
Views:  1225   Comments: 0


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