| The locomotives on an eastbound coal train and the caboose on a westbound mixed freight were at the east end of the little yard at Minturn, Colorado. While waiting for the mixed freight to descend the 3% grade from Tennessee Pass, a 6-unit set of geeps was entrained 30 cars deep in the 45-car coal train. The coal train had SD45 5334, GP40-2 3125, GP40 3069 and GP30 3026 as road power, GP40-2 3107, GP40 3065, GP40-2's 3113 and 3110, GP35 3047 and GP40-2 3097 for helpers, and caboose 01464. The mixed freight had SD45 5316, GP40 3077, GP30 3018 and an unidentified GP40-2 with caboose 01480. |