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Grand Junction / N & D S UP R UP U T A H & U T A H UP G O/S F Tennessee Pass, 10212' W R Tennessee Pass, 10212' Great Northern (BNSF) +29 +85% G W MP 34 MGT 63 MGT DENVER & RIO UP Pueblo BNSF GRANDE WESTERN Pueblo AT&SF Royal Gorge Route AT&SF Northern Pacific (MRL) +24 +6% La BN C O L O R A D O La AT&SF C O L O R A D O S 24 MGT 30 MGT Junta F Junta Trinidad Trinidad BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE Union Pacific Overland Route +39 +36% (ex-Santa Fe) B N S 107 MGT 146 MGT BN (C&S) F Campbell Pass, 7244' S Campbell Pass, 7244' BN F D&RGW Moffat SANTA FE Williams Jct. S Williams Jct. N +16 +59% AT&SF B Tunnel Route (UP) 27 MGT 43* MGT AT&SF Flagstaff Flagstaff To Los Angeles D&RGW Royal Thoreau Thoreau UP Gorge Route (UP) -18 -100% Albuquerque 18 MGT 0 MGT

Albuquerque AT&SF B Belen N Belen S Vaughn A R I Z O N A Vaughn F F A R I Z O N A NSF Santa Fe (BNSF) +82 +130% AT&S B BN S AT&SF Clovis F 63 MGT 145 MGT Phoenix Clovis Phoenix SP UP SP UNION PACIFIC F N E W Southern Pacific S AT&SF N E W UP +36 +78% SP SOUTHERN PACIFIC N Sunset Route (UP) SP (ex-SP Sunset Route) B Sunset Route UP 46 MGT 79 MGT SP To Los Angeles M E X I C O M E X I C O © 2010 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS magazine: Robert Wegner. Deming This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Tucson Tucson Deming 4584' El Paso 4584' El Paso SP T E X A S T E X A S To Houston