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Photo Section: Colorado

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Photos Taken In Colorado

   Note: Many of the photos in this section were taken on the RETURN TRIP. So you may not get the chance to photograph everything in the order shown here. The photos were grouped together so as to provide the viewer with a group of photos that shows the towns and things we pass through in the same order as the Amtrak Timetable for this trip.


The dam in the middle of the picture is in front of the John Martin Reservoir on
the Arkansas River in Southeastern Colorado.
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The Arkansas River/John Martin Reservoir with a dirt road in the foreground, one
of many we passed on the trip!!!
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La Junta, Colorado, a Service Stop and Crew Change Point for the Southwest Chief...
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Our Train, The Southwest Chief taking a break at La Junta.
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Near the Baggage Claim Area at La Junta Station.
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The main station building, inside are vending machines, phones and a ticket agent.
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At Milepost 555, the Southwest Chief sits and waits while taking on water at La Junta.
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That's me, standing on the platform catching some fresh (frozen) Colorado air!!!
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Looking from across the street next to the Amtrak Station is a BNSF Maintenance facility.
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Some BNSF Maintenance Trucks at La Junta.
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The State Bank Of La Junta's restored Santa Fe Caboose bank, complete with
drive-up tellers!
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A BNSF Freight sitting in the small yard at La Junta, as seen from inside my coach.
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More Freight Action in La Junta with GP30u #2468 leading. We don't see too many of
them old geeps back East anymore!.
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Farmland in the foreground, the Rockies in the background.
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Lots of farmland.
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I wonder how much weight that bridge can handle???
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We had relatively good weather for most of this trip, as evidenced by the dark blue sky!
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OK, now its starting to get hilly!
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Farmland, need I say more...
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Another one of the hundreds of Midwestern farms you'll pass on the train.
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A bunch of cows being tended to by a couple farmers.
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Those mountains are getting bigger with each passing mile!!!
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A lonely road crossing somewhere in Colorado, literally, SOMEWHERE!!!
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Beginning the climb up to Raton Pass, just a few miles ahead, gaining elevation
and snow!
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Raton Pass on the Colorado-New Mexico Border, as shown by the marker in the
foreground of this picture. The train goes through a 1/2 mile long tunnel at this point.
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