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Race on d'etre

            All those structures at Moffat must have some reason to been built here... and a reason to be. Quick, quick Grab the camera and run for it. Anthrax is on the way! I reacted in the bare nick of time to catch Athrax, It was buzzing and probably late as usual. D&RGW RR usually had to sidetrack thir freights, coal trains and piggy-back carriers to wait for the passengers. Well... at least the coal trains got held up. 

I turned away from deteriorating infrastructures to capture the train. Here is a dandy place to watch over (and through) the Divide. Surely it is a double pay off even if the Western Slope is a bit dark through the seven mile tunnel. I walked a bit of the tunnel but never glimpsed the western light. See my Moffat tour story in comments. 

I have other Moffat Tunnel and shots atop Rollins Pass at Corona Station. Colorado Mountain Railroads album and photostream. There are ever motre shots to be captured all about the area. 

Looks like there was plenty of labor and  maintenance was involved in keeping Moffat running in the time of labor to me! There are always more pictures here even if Anthrax doen't rumble by. 

Again, The work force that operated the station - agents, telegraphers, electricians, curtain operators and other maintenance workers for the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel had short walks to work. This housing's continuing life is really tenuous now. Asigning it to Trump/Carson's HUD proved an absolute disaster. The D&RGW RR (Dangerous & Rapidly Growing Worse RR) maintained the housing in the fully functioning economy. In winter, refrigerators were supplied behind all of the housing. Hopefully, winters stayed outside back then. I can imagine stumbling around in heavy snowfalls on the night shift. These homes are backed up to the south-facing side of the east-west Mammoth Valley. Unfortunately, the T-Rump fired all the help up here, he's good at that but he is currently filling his Chief of Staff - Stormy Daniels is slated to sit on his staff! . Fortunately, they were only American jobs up here. eDDie snuck in one cabin and said a load of belongings were left in place I snuck into others(in my stream and albums). The T-Rump police under Mulvaney are ferreting out the responsible 99ers. I heard that he is looking for us.

Taken on: June 3, 2017

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