Six units lead this BNSF oil train westbound on the main at Leyden. The train is passing by a string of about 40 gondolas that are currently in long term storage here in the siding.
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At the east end of the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch, BNSF's Provo-Denver is headed east toward Denver. The train just departed Rocky and is passing underneath CO-93. In the distance, you can clearly see the wind break on Big Ten Curve.
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An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest rolls east on the main track at Rocky. It is passing by a UP work crew and the West Local. The local is going to pick up four gondolas from the house track, and leave two others that are filled with tie plates. Some additional maintenance of way is tied down in the house track.
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It is August, which means sunflowers are pretty much in full bloom in the Denver-Metro area. Multiple sunflowers are growing on the south edge of Big Ten Curve as BNSF's Provo-Denver heads east on the final 20-ish miles of the journey.
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BNSF 5699 has a bit of toaster syndrome on the long hood! At some point, excess heat likely burned off the paint. On this day, the Heritage 2 unit is leading BNSF's Provo-Denver on the main at Eisele.
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At the west switch of Eisele (Clay), an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is hustling along at track speed, trying to get to the yard in Denver before the crew runs out of their hours of service. It has been a little while since seeing a Heritage 2 unit leading on the Moffat.
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The West Local works to switch out some gondolas in the house track at Rocky. Rumors of a substantial work project on the Moffat have been swirling around. It has been said that the work project, whatever it might be, will last until December.
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The West Local ran out to Rocky this morning to bring two gondolas of tie plates out to the house track. The local will also take four other gondolas back to town. For the westbound trip, this snoot-nose SD40-2 led the trip. This particular unit has warn UP yellow since it was originally delivered in March 1977!
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UP 4533 is the sole power on a westbound UP engineering special, climbing the grade from Coal Creek Canyon and now approaching Tunnel 1. There are a slew of UP track engineers on the train. Equipment on the train scans the rails for proper gauging, defects, and other items, ensuring everything is in order.
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Under mostly cloudy skies, a single SD70M leads a UP engineering special west out of Eisele (Clay). The green foliage of early summer has given way to browns and yellows. Very typical in August in the Denver area. Another month or two, and fall colors will appear in this same scene.
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While UP 4533 rolls through the OS at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Meanwhile, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer is approaching the east end of Eisele (Clay), slowing to a stop at double red signals.
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This UP engineering special has come to a stop on the main at Eisele (Clay). The signal at the west end is showing a red. Interestingly, DS-378 showed the signal as being aligned westbound, and was a bit surprised to hear it was red from UP 4533. DS-378 would then proceed to flag the train by the red signal to continue west.
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A westbound UP engineering special rolls by a UP track maintainer at Eisele (Clay). The maintainer has his hyrail pickup in the siding, while he is out on foot to give a roll by to the special. The maintainer will follow the special out of Eisele to check on any potential defects the engineering special might find.
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This is a great two-for-one shot! To the right, we have a westbound UP engineering (passenger) special on the main track at Eisele. To the left, we have the westbound Rocky Mountaineer, wrapping around Little Ten Curve, two blocks behind the engineering special!
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Love or Hate Union Pacific, you have to admit that their passenger trains look better than just about any other (freight) railroad. Here, an engineering special crawls along at 10 MPH (after being flagged by the east signal) on the main track at Eisele (Clay). The train is, among other things, verifying the gauge of the rails and checking for defects.
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