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Rio Grande mountain power

By Angela Cotey | July 20, 2023

Huge Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3615 storms across South Boulder Creek near Pinecliff, Colo., on the climb from Denver to the Moffat Tunnel in July 1941.
John W. Maxwell photo

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