This eastbound coal load is just crossing over the switch at the east end of Plain. The train will go into the siding at Rocky to wait for a crew change.
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An eastbound coal load, with a little residual snow on the plow, heads heads through Plain as powered mountains of the Front Range stick up in the background.
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A westbound (loaded) rail train enters into the siding at Plain to meet an eastbound coal load that is just entering the block at the west end.
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The American Orient Express is preparing to travel through the amazing Tunnel District on the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
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What a great day to be riding the American Orient Express through the Colorado Rockies! The AOE is seen here just emerging from Tunnel 1 on its journey west toward San Francisco.
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An eastbound coal load glides through the S-Curve just west of Tunnel 1 (which is over my left shoulder).
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On a beautiful Fourth of July, an eastbound coal load held the main at Plain to wait for a meet with a westbound coal empty. As the empty was pulling into the siding, the eastbound slowly pulled down toward the east switch to continue into town.
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One final shot of the work train sitting on the house track at Plain. A shot that could actually be from 1990! Rainbow cut and the flat irons of the Front Range sit in the early morning light.
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An upatched Rio Grande GP40-2 with MARS light still intact sits on the house track at Plain at 7:15am.
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A work train tied down on the house track at Plain awaits for its crew to arrive for a full days work. The local has two unpatched GP40-2's, SP 7299 and DRGW 3128.
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Between tunnel one and the siding of Plain, the MNYGJ is led by a new AC4400CW-CTE with wings and flags.
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BNSF 4007 west is on the siding and UP 6419 (ex-SP 373) east have a rolling meet at the siding of Plain.
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Just west of Plainview, this eastbound coal load just passed through tunnel 7 on the Front Range.
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With the MNYGJ in the siding, Amtrak #5 passes by on the main at the west switch of Plain.
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