Latitude: 39.9080343
Longitude: -105.4915444
Elevation: 2680 meters / 8793 feet
Barometric Pressure 730KPa

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Gold band by Bill Bowman
SP in spring snow by Moffat Road, Four Southern Pacific AC4400CWs muscle a westbound UP coal train through the snow west of Pinecliffe
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Let me be in perfect symmetry by PeterThoeny, <i>Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, get beautiful
Let me be in perfect symmetry by PeterThoeny
Tunnel 27 by Moffat Road, Entering the remote Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, is an eastbound Union Pacific coal
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Autumn arrives by Bill Bowman
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cloudyheaded by jefbrr, in the mountains while a storm approached

the huge amount of views and surprising lack of comments
cloudyheaded by jefbrr
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Autumn on the Moffat by Christopher J May
When air masses collide by Bill Bowman, Blue hour shot of clouds near James Peak on the Continental Divide.  Shallow moist air is flowing up
When air masses collide by Bill Bowman
Nuclear Fusion by Bill Bowman, The rising sun filtered through a dense layer of forest fire smoke and a few clouds, viewed across r
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Summer Sunday by courtney_meier
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The view from the 32nd floor by SammCox
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Snowy Belle by Colorado & Southern, A couple inches of snow is enough to coat the surrounding landscape as Kansas City Southern ES44AC N
Snowy Belle by Colorado & Southern
Warbonnet Along the Creek by Colorado & Southern, Traces of snow can be found up in the high country along South Boulder Creek as an eastbound BNSF ma
Warbonnet Along the Creek by Colorado & Southern
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Burst of Summer Blue by courtney_meier
KCS in the High Country by Colorado & Southern, Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7695 leads Kansas City Southern SD70ACe No. 4000 on a short Roper Yard to N
KCS in the High Country by Colorado & Southern
Curving at Crescent by Colorado & Southern, A weather system builds over the continental divide as BNSF's eastbound Provo, Utah to Denver, Color
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Gold Trees on a Blue Sky by Christopher J May
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Sightseer storm view by Moffat Road
Snowy Crescent by Colorado & Southern, After meeting two westbounds at Pinecliffe, UP's eastbound Roper Yard, Utah to North Yard, Colorado
Snowy Crescent by Colorado & Southern
Shiny and Clean by Colorado & Southern, A handful of units led by Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8846 eases down the grade at East Portal, Colorad
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Still Standing by Tyler Porter Photography, Definitely view large :) 

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Still Standing by Tyler Porter Photography
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Pocket of Sun by Colorado & Southern, A pocket of sun illuminates the eastbound Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado trackage rights manifest l
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Longs Peak storm building by Jeff Mitton, As I watched, dark clouds came in from the northwest, drifting over Longs Peak to spread over the pl
Longs Peak storm building by Jeff Mitton
Up A Creek With NO PARKING.  2 by -Metal-M1KE-, ES44C4 7176 heads west towards the east portal of Moffat Tunnel.

Gilpin.  Colorado.  03-10-2015.

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Up A Creek With NO PARKING. 2 by -Metal-M1KE-
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Flaming Fireweed by Jeff Mitton