BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest went on duty in Provo at 0200 (2am). Nearly six hours later, the manifest is headed east between Wash and Mounds.
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A look at the actual transload facility at Wash. As you can see, there are 11 oil trucks currently unloading their oil in the pipeline that leads to the storage tanks.
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The yard here at Wash has existed for decades, although for a long time, it had coal hoppers in it and there was a small coal transload facility here. Starting in 2015, the facility started to be converted to an oil transload facility. For the past several years, oil trains are loaded regularly here.
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I found this unit to be rather interesting. Perhaps even one of a kind...the unit is a hybrid between the BNSF New Image paint scheme and the Heritage 2 paint scheme. I do not recall seeing a unit like this before. If there are more, such units, please feel free to comment on them!
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Three Norfolk Southern units, an SD70ACe and two AC4400CWs, are currently working for BNSF. They units will be part of an eastbound oil load, once the train is ready. At the moment, they are sitting at the transload facility at Wash.
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Six units sit at the oil transload facility at Wash. Interestingly, three of the units are Norfolk Southern. When I was headed to Utah from Colorado, I passed this power on an oil train at Parachute.
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This UP coal empty has stopped short of the coal load out at Skyline Mine near the end of the Pleasant Valley Sub. The conductor is searching for one of the mine operators to facilitate loading the train. The big question is...how much life does the Skyline Mine and this load out have left in it?
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This Intermountain Power coal empty has made its way 18 miles up the Pleasant Valley Sub and has arrived at the Skyline load out. The conductor hopped off the train to find somebody that works at the load out to coordinate loading the train.
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At Valcam, near the Skyline load out, UP 5941 passes by some empty coal hoppers as it slows down, not too far off now from the Skyline load out.
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The valley that Scofield Reservoir (and Scofield State Park) are in is truly a beautiful one! I could not have asked for better weather on this afternoon as this coal empty makes its way along at the max track speed of 20 MPH. The train is approaching the small town of Scofield, which has a population of roughly 27.
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After the climb through the Price River Valley, the Pleasant Valley Sub breaks into more open terrain as the tracks follow along the south short of Scofield Reservoir.
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This coal empty will load at the Skyline Mine at the end of nearly 19 mile long Pleasant Valley Subdivision. The only industry on the branch line is the mine. I am very fortunate that I had the opportunity to get a few shots from a truly beautiful line that sees little traffic.
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UP 5941 is nearing the top of the climb through the valley with the Price river, approaching the Scofield Reservoir Dam.
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The Pleasant Valley Sub follows the Price River through a valley that is virtual inaccessible except by rail and by foot. The relative lack of trains makes it even harder to shoot. I lucked into some perfect lighting and a coal empty climbing through the valley on this Saturday afternoon.
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Following not too terribly far behind a westbound UP coal load was this BNSF coal load. This train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and is headed for the Valmy power station in Nevada. The train came over the Moffat the previous day. Since BNSF does not have a presence in Helper, the train already has six units (3x3) to make it over Soldier Summit.
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