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DRGW 3118 3118 ON THE POINT OF WESTBOUND AMTRAK #5 AT EAST PORTAL. 4-85
DRGW 5514 5514 EXITS THE EAST PORTAL OF THE MOFFAT TUNNEL. 4-85
DRGW 3148 3148 AND 3105 WEST HELPERS AT EAST PORTAL ON THE ABOVE TRAIN. 4-85
DRGW 3105 HERE'S 3105 AND 3148 WEST HELP ON THE POINT OF AN EASTBOUND COAL LOAD BOUND FOR THE UP IN DENVER. 4-85
DRGW 5360 WEST HELPERS RUNNING LIGHT AT TUNNEL 19, JUST WEST OF CRESCENT. 7-87
DRGW 3075 WESTBOUND GRAIN TRAIN AT CRESCENT. 7-87
DRGW 3093 SAME TRAIN LEAVING CRESCENT. 7-87
DRGW 5379 5379 THROTTLES UP FOR THE 40 MPH TRIP THRU THE MOFFAT TUNNEL. 7-87
DRGW 5405 5405 WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE TRAIN AT EAST PORTAL. 9-85
DRGW 3109 3109 AT BLUE MTN RD CROSSING WITH AN EASTBOUND FREIGHT.
DRGW 3106 FROM INSIDE THE WEST PORTAL OF THE MOFFAT TUNNEL LOOKING TOWARDS THE WINTER PARK SKI AREA AND 3106.
DRGW 5347 5347 LEAVING AZURE ENTERING GORE CANYON
DRGW 5347 5347 AT FLAT
DRGW 5347 5347 ENTERING THE WESTEND OF BYERS CANYON
DRGW 5347 5347 BYERS CANYON
DRGW 5349 5349, 5377 AND TWO BURLINGTON NORTHERN UNITS EASTBOUND AT CLIFF WITH THE #708 BOUND FOR COLETO CREEK, TX. 5-89
BN 7853 BN 7853 WITH AN 3 UNIT SWING HELP FROM THE ABOVE TRAIN. 5-89
DRGW 5515 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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