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Date: 07/07/17 10:16
Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: march_hare

The Rio Grande Zephyr winds through a curve near Tunnel 29, just east of Pinecliffe, CO. It's just another Saturday morning in the Front Range, early February of 1980.  But I suspect this is the most photographed F-unit ever.  I know within my collection, it appears more often than any other.

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Date: 07/07/17 11:55
Re: Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: gcm

Beautiful shot.
Gary

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Date: 07/07/17 12:49
Re: Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: daniel3197

ooh so very beautiful. I love this photo many thanks
---Daniel

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Date: 07/07/17 13:09
Re: Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: TTownTrains

Beautiful! How can you not like a train with over half the cars having domes?

Bill G.

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Date: 07/07/17 13:32
Re: Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: SPDRGWfan

Lovely scene there.

When was the grade crossing incident that caused shop forces to fabricate the "slim line" pilot"? I never cared for the look of 5771 after the pilot was replaced.

Cheers, Jim Fitch

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Date: 07/07/17 14:04
Re: Friday F-unit: The Zephyr in Winter
Author: march_hare

As I recall, it wasn't a grade crossing encounter but rather an encounter with some misplaced Colorado geology.

Timing?  When I first rode in January 1979, 5771 had a standard pilot.  A whole bunch of pix from right after I moved in May of 1979 were led by GP40s, so I think that puts some limits on when it happened.

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