Passengers aboard Governor Ritter's whistle-stop train look out of the vista dome on the observation car Columbine as the train moves south at track speed, around 60 MPH.
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After meeting a southbound Z-Train at Hazeltine, this unique consist of American Orient Express cars departs north on the Greeley Sub. I believe the cars are being sent to Colorado Railcar in Fort Lupton. Summer afternoon clouds were building to the east of Denver over the plains.
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This southbound Z-Train (the ZSCDV-08) was wasting no time on its way south on the Greeley Sub. The two units were keeping the train at track speed (right around 60 MPH) along Highway 85. The train had doublestacks at the front and UPS trailers on the rear.
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There are 307 SD9043MACs currently on UP's roster as of this photo. Their number range is 8000 to 8308 (UP 8025 and 8088 have been retired). This unit, UP 8000, is the "class unit" for the SD9043 series.
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Just north of Brighton, UP 8357 leads the MNYNP-07 north on the Greeley Sub. I like the elephant-style EMD power on the point, an SD70ACe and two SD9043MACs.
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For the 2005 Cheyenne Frontier Days, the amazing guys in the UP Steam Program got UP 844 (4-8-4) and UP 3985 (4-6-6-4) ready to head the northbound passenger special from Denver to Cheyenne. Here, the train is moving fast just south of Hazeltine, CO.
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Just north of Brighton, this coal empty is passing through the fruited plains of eastern Colorado. Upon reaching North Yard, six units will be added to the point of this coal empty and it will run west to a mine on the North Fork branch near Grand Junction, CO.
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DRGW 3111 leads a short three car train southbound on UP's Greeley Subdivision at Brighton.
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Every summer, Union Pacific runs its Cheyenne Frontier Days Steam Train between Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Here, the train is leaving the siding of Brighton behind as it travels north of the Greeley Subdivision.
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