D&RGW Moffat 8

D&RGW Moffat 8

3118 ON THE POINT OF WESTBOUND AMTRAK #5 AT EAST PORTAL. 4-85

5514 EXITS THE EAST PORTAL OF THE MOFFAT TUNNEL. 4-85

3148 AND 3105 WEST HELPERS AT EAST PORTAL ON THE ABOVE TRAIN. 4-85

HERE'S 3105 AND 3148 WEST HELP ON THE POINT OF AN EASTBOUND COAL LOAD BOUND FOR THE UP IN DENVER. 4-85

WEST HELPERS RUNNING LIGHT AT TUNNEL 19, JUST WEST OF CRESCENT. 7-87

WESTBOUND GRAIN TRAIN AT CRESCENT. 7-87

SAME TRAIN LEAVING CRESCENT. 7-87

5379 THROTTLES UP FOR THE 40 MPH TRIP THRU THE MOFFAT TUNNEL. 7-87

5405 WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE TRAIN AT EAST PORTAL. 9-85

3109 AT BLUE MTN RD CROSSING WITH AN EASTBOUND FREIGHT.

FROM INSIDE THE WEST PORTAL OF THE MOFFAT TUNNEL LOOKING TOWARDS THE WINTER PARK SKI AREA AND 3106.

5347 LEAVING AZURE ENTERING GORE CANYON

5347 AT FLAT

5347 ENTERING THE WESTEND OF BYERS CANYON

5347 BYERS CANYON

5349, 5377 AND TWO BURLINGTON NORTHERN UNITS EASTBOUND AT CLIFF WITH THE #708 BOUND FOR COLETO CREEK, TX. 5-89

BN 7853 WITH AN 3 UNIT SWING HELP FROM THE ABOVE TRAIN. 5-89

5515 REAR HELP ON THE ABOVE TRAIN. 5-89

HERE'S A SERIES OF PHOTOS FROM THE DERAILMENT OF THE GJDVM AT CLIFF, CO IN EARLY 1995.
MC-1 RERAILING SP 2575

A DUFFY CRANE WAS CALLED IN TO HELP MOVE THE LOADED COAL CARS. ELEVEN CARS AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES WERE DERAILED

THIS IS THE SECTION FOREMAN'S HOUSE WHERE HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE SLEEPING AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT. AMAZINGLY NO ONE WAS INJURED.

RERAILING THE SP2575.

HERE'S AN OVERALL SCENE OF THE WRECK.

HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE AND PROPANE TANK. THE WEIGHT OF THE COAL ACTUALLY MOVED THE HOUSE OFF IT'S FOUNDATION.

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