Here are my Tennessee Pass photos. My husband, Dan, and I visited the line in September
1996. Just click on the photo to see a larger image. Photos of the trip start with
--------, and continue westward until the town of Minturn, Colorado.
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Left: 1 Tennessee Pass |
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Right: 1 Tennessee Pass |
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Left: 2 Tennessee Pass |
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Right: 2 Tennessee Pass |
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Left: 3 Americus, CO., from a
road that was a narrow-gauge railroad. |
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Right: 3 Crossing a "Rio
Grande" stenciled bridge near Ball Park(?), CO. |
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Left: 4 Mount Massive and
Mount Ebert are in the background. |
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Right: 4 Eastbound train
exiting the Tennessee Pass tunnel. |
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Left: 5 Eastbound train
heading into the west end of the tunnel. |
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Right: 5 Westbound train
coming into Mitchell curves. |
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Left: 6 Mitchell curves, west
of the summit of Tennessee Pass. |
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Right: 6 Near Pando, CO. |
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Left: 7 Near Pando, CO. |
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Right: 7 Helper engines
passing near Pando, CO. |
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Left: 8 The view from the
Eagle River highway bridge. The town of Red Cliff, CO is in the background. |
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Right: 8 This westbound train
is passing underneath the Eagle River highway bridge. Near Red Cliff, CO. |
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Left: 9 "Rio Grande"
stenciled bridge near the Eagle River bridge. |
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Right: 9 Track inspector at
Kobe, CO. |
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Left: 10 Malta, CO |
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Right: 10 Near
Leadville, CO. |