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By:Dave Abeles
Dates:8/1/2000 - 8/1/2006
Album Info:Scans of slides I have taken over the last 10 years of Rio Grande power around the American West. Scans to come as time allows!
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M-RODV approaching Thompson
Title:  M-RODV approaching Thompson
Description:  UP's daily Roper (Salt Lake City)-to-Denver manifest climbs east up the last of Thompson Hill in sqring 2001, with a backdrop of the Book Cliffs. This was a dream come true--13 years after the Rio Grande disappeared into SP, the 'Grande main line hosting a pure set of D&RGW power on whe desert.
Photo Date:  4/10/2001  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 7:34:45 PM
Location:  Thompson, UT
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5401(SD40T-2) DRGW 5341(SD40T-2)
Views:  1040   Comments: 1
Tunnel Motors & Dawn on the Desert
Title:  Tunnel Motors & Dawn on the Desert
Description:  UP LUH45, the 'Dirt Train', works upgrade on the cormer D&RGW Sunnyside Branch with loads for the ECDC Environmental landfill ahead.
Photo Date:  4/13/2001  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 10:35:28 PM
Location:  Mounds, UT
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
DRGW 5385
Title:  DRGW 5385
Description:  D&RGW SD40T-2 5385 rests between assignments on a sunny evening in August 2000 beneath the Book Cliffs.
Photo Date:  8/18/2000  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 10:49:46 PM
Location:  Helper, UT
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  359   Comments: 1
Accelerating East
Title:  Accelerating East
Description:  Three Rio Grande Tunnel Motors accelerate east out of the siding at Wellington, UT, headed for the Sunnyside Branch with the 'Dirt Train.' The train was one of the last regular assignments for these units.
Photo Date:  4/9/2001  Upload Date: 10/2/2012 8:54:04 PM
Location:  Wellington, UT
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5354(SD40T-2) DRGW 5347(SD40T-2)
Views:  500   Comments: 3


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