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Passenger Trains > Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 SeptDate: 09/19/21 14:40 Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: cozephyr The aspens were at their peak when the westbound Rocky Mountaineer entered UP’s Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, CO, September 19, 2021. Power was UP 5107 with Rocky Mountaineer lettering and UP 4413.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/21 14:42 by cozephyr.   Date: 09/19/21 15:38 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: BeaumontHill Cool shots! Any idea on a time frame when this train arrives Glenwood Springs, and where it lays over until the next day?
Date: 09/19/21 17:38 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: cozephyr Train arrives Glenwood Springs, CO, about 4-5:00 PM depending on rail traffic.
Date: 09/19/21 18:28 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: rrpreservation Great shots!!! Thank you for sharing your photos.
Date: 09/19/21 18:31 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: WAF Does the section foreman still live in that house to the right of the picture?
Date: 09/20/21 03:25 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: cozephyr No idea on anyone living at East Portal, CO, these days. Place was full of parked vehicles from folks hiking the area.
WAF Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does the section foreman still live in that house > to the right of the picture? Price alert; Natural gas prices surging late September 2021 - another wallet squeeze-! Date: 09/20/21 08:33 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: dan WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Does the section foreman still live in that house > to the right of the picture? > the houses are abandoned and vandalized with an effort to preserve them occasionally, but arson will inevitable happen sooner or later Date: 09/20/21 12:12 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: WAF Foreman was there to keep trespassers away from the tunnel before 911.Also keep the railroad open in bad weather. Is the section house still at Cliff where Carlos, the other foreman lived? He got a derailed train in his living room. Knowing the UP, they probably closed these houses when the men retired
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/21 12:14 by WAF. Date: 09/20/21 19:48 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: tomstp From the photo it appears UP has removed signals and some track from the area.
Date: 09/21/21 04:47 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: dan the passing siding and MOW is just east of the photo, like you remember i think they even have added some garage type things
Date: 09/23/21 08:29 Re: Rocky Mountaineer Passed Aspens East Portal, CO, 19 Sept Author: chakk Autumn colors will peak at the Moffat Tunnel this coming weekend (Sept 25-26). View is muted on days that western wildfire smoke drifts into Colorado,such as today (Sept 23).
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