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3501moffatgold
Moffat Gold

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eatontmdrgw



CP RG 280

Registered: August 2004
Location: Edwards/Boulder, Colorado
Posts: 49
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At 9200' a UP eastbound coal train exits the famed 6.2 mile moffat tunnel with the Aspens above it ablaze in a sea of fall colors. Imagine if this was in black and white and not COLOR!
· Date: Tue September 28, 2004 · Views: 2737 · Filesize: 249.6kb · Dimensions: 1000 x 664 ·
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Rating: ********* 9.00
Keywords: Moffat
Location: East Portal Moffat Tunnel
Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive/Train: EMD SD90Mac 8065
Date: September 17, 2004
Contest: The wonderful world of color.
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greenthumb

trackside photographer

Registered: June 2002
Location: Southern California
Posts: 142
Tue September 28, 2004 2:52am Rating: 8 

excellent capture...

I always like it when you get a silhoutte of a crew member.

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Jon Bentz

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Registered: July 2004
Location: Edmonds Washington
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Tue September 28, 2004 5:28pm Rating: 9 

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kenw

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Registered: May 2002
Location: Cypress (Houston), Texas, USA
Posts: 2,650
Tue September 28, 2004 11:14pm

Nice shot

thanx for entering
-kenw

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Sat October 16, 2004 3:44pm

How did you get to the vantage point from which you took the photos? That must have been quite a feat in itself.

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Registered: October 2004
Location: Lubbock, TX
Sat October 23, 2004 4:50am Rating: 9 

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Sivik

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Registered: October 2004
Location: Lubbock, TX
Sat October 23, 2004 4:50am

That is really sweet. How did you manage to get such a great viewpoint for the picture?
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hemiadda2d

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Registered: May 2004
Posts: 9
Thu October 28, 2004 1:42pm Rating: 9 

I love that shot, and I got a similar shot from the old Moffat road... See my rail images album to see this one: http://www.railimages.com/albums/album62/aee.jpg

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kenw

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Tue November 9, 2004 12:32am

Winner Sept 2004 Assignment: Colors

Congrats!

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Sun February 27, 2005 1:09am Rating: 9 



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Tue December 11, 2007 3:17am Rating: 10 

A classic........
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