At Plainview, a concrete tie train is tied down on the siding, waiting to continue west. The train is headed for Bond and will ultimately work in Gore Canyon, laying out its ties for the major tied / ballast / rail replacement project that has been ongoing between Gore and Bond this summer.
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Running along the Valmont Reservoir has finally received a track warrant to proceed to Denver. The light Canadian Pacific power had to sit at MP 32 for two hours while waiting for the Valmont coal train to clear the main track.
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This is a site that I had never seen prior to this photo! Not one, but two DPUs on the tail end of a (UP) manifest on the Moffat. And, even more interestingly, the first unit is a "triclops" SD60M. The train was rather long at 103 cars.
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UP 1989 has made a couple trips west to Grand Junction on the MNYRO in the last few weeks, typically returning to Denver a day or so later on the MRONY. Hopefully, considering the fact it is facing east, UP 1989 will return to Denver on the point of an eastbound.
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It seems that the Denver Power Desk is finally trying to break UP 1989 out of its nocturnal ways! Here, UP 1989 is the fourth unit on the MNYRO. The good thing about this position is that it looks all set to lead a train back east after reaching Grand Junction.
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I love the town of Sedalia! I remember going there many times with my dad to watch trains when I was growing up. Here, a BNSF coal load pulls up the grade and into town on its journey south toward Palmer Lake.
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It is getting late in the day as the eastbound California Zephyr moves through Plain. Despite the rapidly fading light, the Zephyr is running right on a time.
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At the east end of Plain, the Ski Train has a clear signal as it continues on its journey west. It is about 8:15am and the Ski Train is running right on time.
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Black and Orange running on the Moffat! Okay, so perhaps "Orange and Black" is a bit more accurate...two ES44ACs bring up the rear of a westbound UP coal empty headed for the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. UP is borrowing some power from BNSF on this particular day.
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An eastbound BNSF manifest hold on the siding at Plain to meet with this westbound UP coal empty. UP? Yup! BNSF was paying back some power sharing hours and UP decided to run them on the Moffat.
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Ouch! Talk about your faded paint schemes! This has got to be just about the worst (sun-bleached) BNSF unit that I've ever seen. The interesting thing is that the orange is really the only color to drastically fade!
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An eastbound Provo to Denver trackage rights train creeps its way through the siding at Plain. It is waiting for a meet with a westbound coal empty that is currently at Clay.
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I really liked this shot of the California, looking down atop the vista dome car from the top of Rainbow Cut.
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One of the F40PH's on the Ski Train is kicking up a bit of smoke this morning! The train is running on clear signals as it comes west on the main track at Plain toward Rainbow Cut.
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The last DPU on a eastbound coal load moves away from the camera on the main on the right as a westbound coal empty slowly starts to pull west out of the siding on the left.
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