Coming past the crossovers at Pecos, the MRONY is on the North Yard siding heading for the yard. Due to the New Year holiday, this is the last eastbound to run between Roper and North Yard until January 3rd.
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I came around the bend on Brighton Blvd (the road in the foreground) and came face to face with the eastbound HLINDEN (Lincoln, NE to Denver, CO) manifest. I pulled over to the shoulder to grab a few shots.
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The first picture of the Ski Train for the 2008-2009 Winter Season! The first run for the Ski Train this season is just four days away (as of this picture) on December 27th. The train is assembled and idling at Union Station, waiting to start its runs.
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The California Zephyr backs into Union Station to make its station stop on a very cold December morning.
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Running about 20 minutes late, Amtrak #5 is backing up on the Buck and is headed for Track One at Union Station. The conductor stands in the back door of the last Superliner, communicating with the engineer about switches and clearance.
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The north end of the Joint Line parallels I-25 for about a half a mile, roughly between Kalamath Street and 6th Avenue. Kalamath Street is a good place to capture trains heading south.
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The two main tracks between the yards and South Denver tend to be run following a left-hand rule. Now this is CTC, so anything is possible, but more often then not, northbounds seem to run on Main One and southbounds on Main Two. Such is the case here on this snowy November day.
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A southbound coal load rolls south on Main Two and a coal empty heads north on Main One. All the while, I stand at MP 2 in the lightly falling snow!
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The second extremely clean warbonnet that I've seen in the past week was sitting near the shops in BNSF's yard. Not sure where it would be off to next, but here's hopping it stays looking this good for awhile to come.
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I thought it was interesting that I happened to see this Norfolk Southern unit hanging out in Denver. Why? Because it is the exact same unit on shot on the Pueblo-Provo the day before Thanksgiving! Looks like it made the round trip back to Denver from Provo.
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I was surprised to come across this Great Western GP20MQ hanging out near BNSF's diesel shop in Denver. Not exactly sure where the unit was headed, but it was a nice change of pace.
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I noted a freshly-painted HLCX GP38-2 sitting near the shops at North Yard. This is an interesting unit in that it appears to be a GP40-2 (three radiator fans, etc), there are two exhaust stacks. This shows the un-turbocharged GP38-2 prime mover.
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As I was passing Union Station, I happened to notice the good old "Vomit Bonnet" in the Lodo Siding on the tail end of a southbound coal load. For those not familiar with this unique paint scheme, it was a test scheme conceived of after the BNSF merger. If a slightly different decision had been made, this could have been the scheme applied to all new units (instead o the Heritage scheme)!
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A southbound coal load, waiting for a fresh crew, is tied down on the Lodo Siding northwest of Union Station. All of the buildings in the background have been constructed over the past ten years.
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You can't go wrong with the Warbonnet paint scheme! It was great when ATSF (and even BNSF) briefly brought the scheme back in the 1990s. This SD75M was one of the units lucky enough to get the Warbonnet scheme.
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