With only a few hours left to work and no new crew called, this military train is pulling into the siding at Sable to tie down in order to wait for a recrew. I chased this train about 115 miles across the Colorado plains, yet this was quite probably the best light I had the whole day!
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I thought that a nice black and white shot was rather appropriate for this late-in-the-day shot of a special military train approaching a clear block at Mesa. Smith Road runs parallel to the track (on the left). Note the coal train tied down in the siding at Mesa, just over the horizon.
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This military train, which originated from Sharon Springs earlier in the day, has just about completed its journey across the Colorado plains. The train is approaching the E-470 underpass as well as the siding of Mesa, where it has a clear signal.
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Near the west switch of Sable, an eastbound coal load has a warrant to continue east to Mesa while a westbound sits in the hole. The conductor from UP 2426 is giving the coal train a roll by and preparing to throw the switch so the train can continue west toward the yard.
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This westbound manifest is on the approach to the east switch of Mesa on the KP Line in eastern Aurora. Many of the boxcars on this train came from KYLE, a short line railroad in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
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Can you say blowing snow / white out conditions? A westbound coal empty approaches the west switch of Mesa on UP's Limon Subdivision in Aurora. Temperatures fell nearly 50 degrees overnight and this March blizzard settled into the area.
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A westbound coal empty, led by 6661, holds the siding at Mesa as the end helpers from a coal load on the main pass by, moving at track speed. The UP 7655 is an ES44AC, delivered to UP at the beginning of June, 2007.
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The conductor from a westbound coal empty in the siding at Mesa gives a wave to an eastbound coal load moving at track speed on the mainline. The conductor will give the train a "roll-by", making sure there are no defects with any of the cars.
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Some of the newest power to come out of Erie, PA has been slow to show up on coal power in Colorado. However, two days after Thanksgiving found this four month old ES44AC on a westbound coal empty, holding the siding at Mesa for a meet with an eastbound.
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Snow-capped peaks offer a nice background for this eastbound coal load, moving quickly along on the main at Sable. The train has a warrant east toward Limon.
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