UP is deadheading passenger equipment from Council Bluffs, IA west. The train has a power car and eleven passenger cars. It is currently stopped in the siding at Brighton, waiting for maintenance to clear up at Sand Creek. Despite being a deadhead move, a pair of pristine SD70Ms lead the way.
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A trio of elephant-style GE units lead a southbound manifest by the Vestas plant in Brighton. The train is the MCYDV-15, a manifest that just runs between Cheyenne, WY and Denver, CO.
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At the Vestas plant in Brighton, a trainload of hubs (to which the blades attach) and nacelles (which generate the electricity) are ready to be picked up by Union Pacific. However, that will not be happening on this particular day.
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The plant at Vestas in Brighton, CO, located right off of UP's Greeley Sub, You can see the strings of cars that are loaded with nacelles for windmill generators. Sunday looks like a quiet day for the plant at Vestas.
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The Vesta plant in Brighton makes use of a leased SW1200 to switch cars around in their yard. On this particular Sunday afternoon, the unit is shut down and sitting quiet.
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The westbound Zephyr departed Fort Morgan about 30 minutes late, but will make up that time and more by the time it reaches Denver. Right now, at 7:07am, the train passes by Barr Lake on a brilliant, clear 4th of July morning.
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The northbound MNYGR (North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) passes through the north end of Brighton at track speed. It's counterpart, the MGRNY, is on the siding, getting ready to depart and continue south to North Yard.
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A southbound UP manifest holds short of 168th Avenue in Brighton. The Green River, WY to North Yard, CO manifest is on the siding and waiting for its counterpart, the North Yard, CO to Green River, WY manifest to come out of Denver.
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A trio of AC4400CWs, one of which is CSX, rolls slowly south in the siding at Hazeltine. The train will meet a northbound manifest here before continuing on in to North Yard.
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A visitor from the east is on the southbound MGRNY this afternoon. CSX 400 is an AC4400CW that is still wearing the older CSX gray and blue paint scheme.
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UP 5929 rolls south through Hazeltine on the siding, crossing 112th Avenue. The train will be meeting a northbound manifest that is currently at Sand Creek Junction, a few miles to the south.
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This is my personal favorite model of any wide cab model EMD has produced to date. Not just the SD70M, but specifically the Phase 2 SD70M. It has the slightly slanted radiator intakes, similar to the SD45, but not quite as large as the SD70ACe. The original wide cab nose and tear drop windshields are also a fantastic touch.
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UP has taken to using SD70Ms for locals on the Greeley Sub. After seeing three locals on this day, all three had SD70Ms for power. Here, UP 4059 sits with a string of covered hoppers, waiting for a southbound manifest here at Brighton.
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While BNSF 8102 sits on one of the leads for the Vestas wind turbine plant, a northbound UP manifest passes on its journey north up the Greeley Sub toward Cheyenne.
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A week ago, I got a shot of BNSF 6705 sitting right here near the Vesta plant in Brighton. A week later, and sister unit BNSF 8102 has joined 6705! Not sure why these units are sitting here along the Greeley Sub. They must be power share units as BNSF has no trackage rights on the Greeley Sub.
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