Tennessee Pass Photos

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.

Left: 1 Tennessee Pass

Right: 1 Tennessee Pass

Left: 2 Tennessee Pass

Right: 2 Tennessee Pass

Left: 3 Americus, CO., from a road that was a narrow-gauge railroad.

Right: 3 Crossing a "Rio Grande" stenciled bridge near Ball Park(?), CO.

Left: 4 Mount Massive and Mount Ebert are in the background.

Right: 4 Eastbound train exiting the Tennessee Pass tunnel.

Left: 5 Eastbound train heading into the west end of the tunnel.

Right: 5 Westbound train coming into Mitchell curves.

Left: 6 Mitchell curves, west of the summit of Tennessee Pass.

Right: 6 Near Pando, CO.

Left: 7 Near Pando, CO.

Right: 7  Helper engines passing near Pando, CO.

Left: 8 The view from the Eagle River highway bridge. The town of Red Cliff, CO is in the background.

Right: 8 This westbound train is passing underneath the Eagle River highway bridge. Near Red Cliff, CO.

Left: 9 "Rio Grande" stenciled bridge near the Eagle River bridge.

Right: 9 Track inspector at Kobe, CO.

Left: 10  Malta, CO

Right: 10  Near Leadville, CO.

 

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