Tolland Road Toward Rollins Pass and the Moffat Tunnel

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We headed up the Tolland Road toward Rollins Pass and the Moffat Tunnel where the railroad plunges through the Continental Divide.

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Big storm clouds covering the view of the continental divide.

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Frozen pond.

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An odd out-of-place green and yellow building.  Maybe they support the Oregon Ducks?

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Snow was blowing across the road like a dust storm!

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We didn’t go up the Moffat Road toward Corona Pass and Rollins Pass.  Perhaps another time when I have a high clearance 4×4…

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Old abandoned workers quarters at the entrance of Moffat Tunnel.

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The entrance to Moffat Tunnel.

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It is an impressive construction and a very long tunnel.

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The old wye where helper engines and snow plows used to turn around.

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I need to investigate further to see where the water in this river comes from.  It appears on the satellite view that there is a tunnel and pipe coming from the west side that feeds this stream to provide water to the farmers on the east side of the continental divide.

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An icy river.

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Heading back east through the growing twilight.

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