Five units lead UP's MGJNY toward a red-over-yellow (Diverging Approach) signal at the west end of Rocky. The second unit is likely headed to North Platte, NE for a 90 day inspection, or possibly for some maintenance.
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UP's MGJNY arrives in Denver on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Lately, it has been fairly common for the train to descend the front range of the Moffat in morning daylight. This Wednesday is no exception, as the train coming around Big Ten Curve.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver is making its way east through the siding at Rocky. The mainline between switches at Rocky is still out-of-service as UP maintenance continues a construction project on Big Ten. Up at Eisele (Clay), UP's MGJNY is now slowly rolling east, following right behind the BNSF manifest.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver is heading east at 10 MPH through the work zone UP currently has set up on Big Ten. The UP manifest in the background is on the main at Eisele (Clay). It just received a restricting (flashing red) signal to proceed east out of Eisele (Clay) behind the BNSF manifest.
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A pair of BNSF DPUs bring up the tail end of the Provo-Denver manifest as it slowly descends Big Ten Curve. As you can see, UP's MGJNY is sitting on the main at Eisele, waiting for its turn to proceed east.
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It is pretty rare to catch BNSF SD70MACs on trains other than coal trains these days. Heck, even catching one on a coal train is becoming less and less common. So, it was pretty great catching this SD70MACe (rebuilt by BNSF) on the point of this Provo-Denver manifest, rolling east toward a green signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay).
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UP's MGJNY is stopped on the main at Eisele (Clay) as an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver runs through the siding at overtakes the UP manifest. Both of the crews on these trains are short on time, but BNSF is running on less time than UP, so DS-380 gave them the priority to allow them to continue into town first.
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RMRX 8020 and RMRX 8021 are kicking up a bit of exhaust, with ten cars in tow. This includes nine passenger cars and the power car, used (as the name suggests) to provide electrical power to the train as the geeps are not equipped with HEP (Head End Power), such as the P42DCs used by Amtrak.
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The Rocky Mountaineer is running with both of its GP40-3s on this trip, as the train climbs up and around Big Ten Loop. In the distance, an eastbound UP manifest (the thrice-weekly MGJNY) is waiting on the main at Eisele (Clay).
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As the Rocky Mountaineer climbs the west side of Big Ten Loop, UP's eastbound MGJNY sits on the main at Eisele (Clay). It will wait for both the Rocky Mountaineer to meet it, and then wait for BNSF's Provo-Denver, currently at Plain, to overtake it.
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RMRX 8020 and crew creep along at 10 MPH through a UP work zone on Big Ten Loop. There are several earth movers adding new rock on the downhill side of the tracks.
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UP's MGJNY is sitting on the main track at Eisele as it needs a recrew. The dispatcher working DS-380 is new to the territory, and was unaware that crews are unable to get to Eisele (by road). Fortunately, the crew will have enough time left to make it down to Leyden for a recrew there. Meanwhile, the manifest is waiting on the Rocky Mountaineer, currently climbing from Rocky.
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The Rocky Mountaineer is sold out for this westbound run out of Denver. It is great to see both the GP40-3s back on the train as it slowly climbs Big Ten. There is an eastbound UP manifest on the main at Eisele (Clay).
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Just a matter of minutes before rain started falling, an eastbound manifest crosses Blue Mountain Drive. The train is only about a half mile long, and does not have a rear DPU on this particular day.
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Four units are on the head end of UP's Grand Junction to North Yard manifest as it approach Tunnel 1. The train spent several hours tied down on the main track at Plain. A new crew is finally taking the train the remaining 21-ish miles east to North Yard.
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